Quote by James Buchan
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to cha

Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash out, to a more commercial system that took notice of the public property the departments were using. This system is known as resource accounting. – James Buchan

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. – James Buchan

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Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. – James Buchan

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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. – James Buchan

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