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Brad Smith: “There is an economic theory that says you have a major…”

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Microsoft's Brad Smith on digital resilience during geopolitical volatility

Published | Video Starts at 49:10

And you know, we did this in the Great Recession in 2008, 2009. And one of the things that really. Struck me that we and I thought a lot about was there's There is an economic theory that says you have a major financial panic on average every 70 to 80 years. because that's the time of a human lifespan. By the time you reach the 80. Year point, everyone who had any living. Memory of the prior failure, the risks. (49:10–49:18)

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