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Vince Cable MP
- Aired: March 2009,
- Posted: 25th March, 2009
- Video: FLV /
- 25:48 /
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"One of the tragedies of a recession is the impacts and costs tend to be borne by a minority"
"In the short term, the public sector will be a bastion of stability"
"At the present there is a very alarming tendancy to a combination of state capitalism combined with economic nationalist attitudes"
Vince Cable MP has been the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor since November 2003 and is currently Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
He was first elected to Parliament to represent Twickenham in 1997. He has had a varied career which includes time at the Foreign Office, Chatham House and as Shell’s Chief Economist.
He has published several books and reports on international economics, trade and environmental issues, and has been a leading figure in the debates surrounding the current global financial crisis.
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