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Lessons of 1929

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US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is pushing for urgent reforms to prevent another global economic crisis.

But if history is anything to go by, there could be another one to worry about in the future.

Eight decades after one of Wall Street's darkest moments, the BBC's Paul Mason has been looking for the lessons of 1929.

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