As a guy who has covered science for more than a decade, I've sat through some pretty arcane conferences. This conference I'm at of former finance ministers from around the world has a similar feel. Except that you sense that the future of the world could hang in the balance somewhere in all the talk about regulation and transparency and international cooperation. That's if you're awake for it. Steve Liesman, an economics reporter for CNBC is moderating the current discussion. He just complained that when he mentions the Basel Accords to his editors, they fall asleep somewhere between the "B" and the "asel."
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