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Crowdfunding – Not so Innovative?

  • Written by The Conversation

Aldous Huxley wrote

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history

Crowdfunding is the new big thing. The Member for Wentworth, now Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, waxed lyrical about it in a speech in 2014

Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way of promoting financing for...

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