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Can a boom and bust be avoided?

Should we be looking at some alternatives to our current economic system? In the first of a series of reports economics correspondent Jonty Bloom has looked at whether we need to be weaned off our addiction to easy credit secured on the expectation of ever-increasing property values. Former housing minister Nick Raynsford, economist Ann Pettifor and Conservative front-bench spokesman David Willetts discuss if there are alternatives to our current system.

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