British Invasion: Part 2

British Invasion: Part 2

Photo and interview credit: Janet Donovan

They’re back!  The Brits that is – straight on the heels of Prince Harry’s recent well behaved visit; well behaved according to our sources which means ‘The Queen Mom’ was happy.

Former Republican National Committee Deputy Chairman and Bush financial whiz Jack Oliver hosted a book party for The Hon. Matthew Hancock and The Hon. Nadhim Zahawi at the Kalorama home of Juleanna Glover & Christopher Reiter.  We’re not sure if either of the duo are Right Honourables, but they are members of The Britsh Parliment (Conservative party).  We love the Brits, especially if they might be Right Honourables – so of course we were there.

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Nadhim Zahawi and Matthew Hancock

“In the book Masters of Nothing, two noted political economists—using a model of a better understanding of human behavior—lay down a blueprint for the solution to the status quo of financial boom and bust.

The behavior of those who rode the boom and switched at the tipping point to ride the bust, or the behavior of those who held on to their principles as the system collapsed around them—it’s all important.

It was human behavior after all that led us to construct a bubble nobody suspected was dangerous, yet nonetheless would burst with disastrous consequences.” Amazon

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Christina Sevilla and Steve Clemons

Everyone keeps talking about the crash and many books have been written about it, but most still don’t understand it and most are unsure of where the ramifications of the crash will take us in the future.

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Matthew Hancock and Josh Bolton

“Many books about the crash have observed that too many risks were taken with other people’s money; this is the best explanation I’ve read of just what it was that possessed the risk-takers.” David Crisanti, hedge fund manager and Huffington Post contributor.

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Hollywood on the Potomac sat down with Matthew Hancock to see if he could give us a clue – in lay terms:

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