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Sovereign wealth fund. What is the value of the financial sector? Discuss. Viv Davies: Hello and welcome to Vox Talks, a series of audio interviews with leading economists from around the world.

What is the value of the financial sector? Discuss

It's the first of November, 2011, and I'm speaking to Professor Wouter den Haan, of the London School of Economics, about his lead commentary in the current Vox debate, which centres on the question, why do we need a financial sector, and how much should we pay for it? Den Haan is of the opinion that whilst some activities in the financial sector are beneficial, others are less clearly so, and if appropriate regulation could curb excesses, whilst not affecting the value added of the sector, then resources could potentially be freed up for more socially useful activities.

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