They were considered the wise old men of the administration.

Each new era of prosperity requires and generally witnesses a new set of ingenious devices to throw dust in the eyes of investors, while the new race of Autolycuses are going through all the old tricks.

KEVIN Rudd has declared a new era of financial reregulation and government intervention in world markets to restore confidence and stop capitalism cannibalising itself as a result of the global financial crisis.

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