Unthinkable? Global job-swap day | Editorial

What if we could all take on someone else's role, for just one day at least?Mark Carney swaps the calm of Wellington Street, Ottawa, for the turbulence of the Bank of England's Threadneedle Street. Freddie Flintoff takes off the cricket pads and puts on the boxing gloves. This has been the week of the busman's holiday (in the case of the Canadian central banker), the career change (and what a change, if Flintoff really has laid off the booze for four months): the job swap. But what if we could a...

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