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In view of the current turmoil, the future is very unclear. I am writing this article at the end of ...
In view of the current turmoil, the future is very unclear. I am writing this article at the end of October and it will be published in early December, so by the time this article is read, the world as we know it may cease to exist and, at best, a number of my predictions will have proven incorrect. We are in unprecedented times and although economic cycles like insurance cycles seem inevitable, we do not know whether this is a seismic change or a re-adjustment following an unrealistic credit
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