Ukraine war’s surprising links to the 2008 financial crisis – and the parallels with 1939
- Written by Ronen Palan, Professor of International Politics, City, University of London
The historical parallels are uncanny. A decade or so after the two most devastating financial crises in modern capitalism, in 1929 and in 2008, a terrible conflict begins in Europe that threatens to draw in the entire world. So far, the Ukraine war is obviously of a different order to the second world war, but the clash of ideologies is just as...
