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3 unusual facts about Martin Wolf


Balance of payments

According to economics writer Martin Wolf, in the eight years leading up to 2007, "three-quarters of the foreign currency reserves accumulated since the beginning of time have been piled up".

Taleb distribution

In economics and finance, a Taleb distribution is a term coined by U.K. economists/journalists Martin Wolf and John Kay to describe a returns profile that appears at times deceptively low-risk with steady returns, but experiences periodically catastrophic drawdowns.

The World Development Report 2011

Martin Wolf writing for the Financial Times opines that the report is too long to obtain the attention it deserves.


Sanjaya Lall

The inaugural event was a panel discussion involving Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Financial Times commentator Martin Wolf, and the first holder of the new Chair, Professor Robert Wade of the London School of Economics.


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