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About Duncan Needham

Duncan Needham

Dr Duncan Needham is Dean and Senior Tutor of Darwin College and Director of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge where he teaches economic and political history. His research focuses primarily on modern British history, particularly late twentieth century monetary and financial policy. Duncan can be contacted at djn33@cam.ac.uk.

Recent Posts by Duncan Needham:
Mortgages and mismatching The transformation of British clearing banks

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Historical patterns of housing tenure The context for the recent government housebuilding announcement

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The story of the secondary banking crisis 1973-1975 Duncan Needham, Director of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge, considers an oft-neglected episode of economic history

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The History Man: an introduction My career so far, from trading derivatives to academia

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