The context for the recent government housebuilding announcement.
The Historian
Historical patterns of housing tenure
Historical patterns of housing tenure
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About Duncan Needham
Dr Duncan Needham is Dean and Senior Tutor of Darwin College and Director of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge where he teaches economic and political history. His research focuses primarily on modern British history, particularly late twentieth century monetary and financial policy. Duncan can be contacted at djn33@cam.ac.uk.
The Historian
The story of the secondary banking crisis 1973-1975
The story of the secondary banking crisis 1973-1975
Duncan Needham, Director of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge, considers an oft-neglected episode of economic history.
The Professor
Mortgages and mismatching
Mortgages and mismatching
Victorian bankers rarely wrote mortgages. As a contemporary bankers manual explained: ‘house or shop property, even of a superior class, is not a desirable security...on the...
The Professor
The History Man: an introduction
The History Man: an introduction
Our columnist Duncan Needham, Director of the Centre for Financial History at the University of Cambridge, looks back on his career from trading derivatives to academia.