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So it's officially been a year since the credit crunch started. It seems just like yesterday that it...

So it's officially been a year since the credit crunch started. It seems just like yesterday that it was the first of August 2007 and the world was rosy. We were all talking about the US economy slowing a little bit, sniggering in a condescending way about people in trailer parks not being able to pay their mortgages, but house prices in the UK kept going up so we all felt richer. It couldn't be less different now, could it? Feeling richer than a year ago? Of course you're not. If you are, or your clients are, you're either lying or very lucky. So how did I decide to mark the passi...

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