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In media res; was it ever thus?
Nevertheless, it is also instructive to take a longer, historical view. This is not the first time such fragmentation has occurred: as Paul Starr, a Princeton professor of sociology notes, in the 19th… more →
Questionable Time #62
wrote 5 days ago: Good morning Lemmings and hold on to your hats because something really rather strange occurred on Q … more →
S&P 500: market narratives and the wall of worry
wrote 5 days ago: Discounted Cash Flow Calculator – is a tool to help estimate the present value of a stream of … more →
Hard-up US consumers show free markets fundamentals are wrong
wrote 1 week ago: It is one of those Victor Meldrew theories. In other words, it is easy to say: “I don’t believe it.” … more →
A tip for investors: embrace social media – but know when to bail-out
wrote 1 month ago: You may or may not think Twitter and Facebook are worth your investment bucks, pennies and cents, bu … more →
Four Reasons Why Age is No Barrier to Entrepreneurship
wrote 1 month ago: A few weeks ago, it was reported that a 17-year-old IT whizz-kid had sold his ‘app’ business to Yaho … more →
Why the dollar continues to look as good as gold
wrote 2 months ago: Vivek Kaul Over the last few years a mini industry predicting the demise of the dollar has evolved … more →
Austerity, Humiliation, and Riots
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wrote 2 months ago: Our recent blogs have addressed the social and legal ramifications of austerity. When considering th … more →
Proposed Small-Business Bank Seeks Sliver of $1.7 trillion US Corporate Overseas-Cash Pile
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wrote 3 months ago: In Gillian Tett’s article “Big corporate cash piles can help fund small business,” … more →
Kicking starting 2013 with Editorial Intelligence and Financial Time about Davos
wrote 4 months ago: So, this morning I signed up for the first Editorial Intelligence event of 2013 and to be honest, I … more →
The Moral Question of Democracy: Really Intelligent Governance for the Twenty-First Century
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wrote 4 months ago: As regular readers of this blog will have no hesitation in attesting to, in the eyes of our CSO the … more →
The numbers of the year 2012
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wrote 4 months ago: I was listening to Radio 4 and caught the tail end of the numbers programme ‘More or Less … more →
ICT and the US Economic Recovery
wrote 5 months ago: On December 12th the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced it would keep interest rates … more →
Standing up for democracy
wrote 5 months ago: That we face immense difficulties economically and otherwise is obvious on the day of Osborne’ … more →
Review of "Saving the Sun" by Gillian Tett
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wrote 6 months ago: Saving the Sun is the story of the rise and fall of Long Term Capital Bank (LTCB). LTCB created in … more →
Generation Lost #Lazy #Afraid | The Backlash of Social Silence
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wrote 7 months ago: The “Lost Generation” is a term coined by Gertrude Stein to describe the young adults wh … more →
Primer: Financial Crisis
wrote 8 months ago: Interesting reads: Which Capitalism? Lessons From the East Asian Crisis The Great Leveraging THE ASC … more →
¿Es tan oscuro el futuro del periodismo?
wrote 8 months ago: Las malas noticias para la industria de la prensa no paran de sucederse: caída de las ventas, tímida … more →
Fed chairman set to speak; should eurozone look at Gold differently?
wrote 8 months ago: U.S. stock futures and Precious Metals are enjoying a boost this morning in anticipation of F … more →
Talking Sausages and Derivatives with Gillian Tett
wrote 11 months ago: We should have listened to the Financial Times journalist back in the mid-noughties. The Financial T … more →
