{"id":5402,"date":"2013-10-01T23:10:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=5402"},"modified":"2013-10-01T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T23:11:12","slug":"we-are-all-in-the-gutter","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/we-are-all-in-the-gutter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the drains&#8217;: An alternative explanation of the public debt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using everyone\u2019s favourite bank manager Captain Mainwaring of Dad\u2019s Army fame, Alan explains where all the bailout money went in the 2008 meltdown and current economic crisis. 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