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Monday, April 11, 2011
Classic quote from IM MDF, who may be nxt French President...
Mr Strauss-Kahn had this to say in a recent speech, which Macquarie argues would have been unthinkable pre-GFC:
“While the market must stay centre stage, the invisible hand must not become the invisible fist.”
