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The MoneyWeek Podcast: Negative interest rates, armed guards and a warehouse full of cash

Merryn and John discuss the extraordinary idea of negative interest rates and explain why as far as they can see they just don't work. Plus, a genius business idea involving guarding piles of cash, and the second in our 20th anniversary questions.

by: moneyweek
15 Oct 2020

If you'd like to read the article on Iran that Merryn mentions, you can do so here.

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