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"The current global crisis is 'vastly worse' than the 1930s because financial systems and economies worldwide have become more interdependent, 'Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aYijnS7fUBRc&refer=asia

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