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Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at gullible folk, and they usually make much more money for their authors than they do for the investing public.

~Gavyn Davies

Topics: Authors Book Books Folk Gullible How Investing Make Market Money More Most Much Normally Public Recommend Stock Stock Market Tells Than Would You

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Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.

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Topics: Almost Almost Everyone Everyone Find Our Paying Services Something Will Worth

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I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.

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Topics: Believe Broadcaster Commercial Durable Fee Licence Many Market Mass More People Public Public Service Sector Service Still Than Want Bbc

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It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.

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Topics: Could Digital Digital World Failure Fee Form Future Had Interesting Justify Licence Market Question System Whether World Bbc

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Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

~Gavyn Davies

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Over the last decade, economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.

~Gavyn Davies

Topics: About Apparently Being Between Broad Changed Consensus Decade Economic Economic Policy Economists Events Everything Great Last Last Decade Old Over Policy Recession Seemed Settled Share Splits Two Years

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Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.

~Gavyn Davies

Topics: Always Dear Held Indeed Inflation Main Many More Need Problem Rarely Serious Sometimes Though Threat

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The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.

~Gavyn Davies

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The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.'

~Gavyn Davies

Topics: About Beasts Best Blue Comparison Conspiracy Done Even Ever God In The Past Live Lost Made Mainly Must Never Now Off Past Planet Programmes Raft Ratings Son Stand Terrific Walking Way Which World Year Bbc

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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.

~Gavyn Davies

Topics: Around Binds Celebrate Enjoy Glue Itself Joy Just Kingdom Moment Mourn Nation National Part People Sadness Those Times Together Turn Uk United United Kingdom Wants Which World Bbc

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Businessman

Born: November 27th, 1950

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