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World Service,28 Aug 2009,18 mins

Derivatives

Business Daily

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We all have cause to fear derivatives, the investments which sparked off the credit crisis. On Business Daily we look at the new regulation proposed to curb their dangers and why the financial industry argues it can make things safer without compulsory rules. Lesley Curwen talks to British economist Lord Eatwell. And is china's investment in Africa a miracle or a conjuring trick?

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