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Derivatives: 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' or Generators of Market Stability?

Xan Zai wrote 1 week ago: Roger Lowenstein, financial journalist and former Wall Street Journal columnist, and Gillian Tett, U … more →

Tags: financial crisis, Wall Street, global financial crisis, Psychology, Human Behavior, capitalism, Globalization, Economics, credit crisis

Quotes from: Saving the Sun

ralfelfving wrote 1 month ago: Finished Gillian Tett’s book ‘Saving the Sun’ the other day, and just wanted to po … more →

Tags: Economics, Books, Quotes, Japan, Debt, Saving the Sun

Disney...by Gillian Tett

scarletduchamp wrote 1 month ago: “To be sure, this is not ‘religion’ as most Americans consider it. Indeed, the ver … more →

Tags: writing, The Shrine of Mickey, FT article, Disney, Disney Princesses, humour, Steve Jobs, snowhite

In media res; was it ever thus?

dwighttowers wrote 3 months ago: Nevertheless, it is also instructive to take a longer, historical view. This is not the first time s … more →

Tags: Financial Times, media, propaganda model

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bebrowed wrote 4 months ago: Provisions for the pastor in the church of Csömör 17something For autumn they sow for never be well … more →

Tags: Mental Health, Poetry & Literature, History, Poetics, Poem, Maurice Blanchot, Rio Wang, enslow hill, bartholomew steer

Twitterwatch: The serious economics behind #chartp*rn @ BBC Newsnight

Dominic Furlong wrote 5 months ago: Twitterwatch: a regular feature bringing you tweets of note from the world of development & beyo … more →

Tags: Social Media, twitter, TwitterWatch, #chartp*rn, ann pettifor, BBC, BBC Newsnight, chartmanga, Economics

Links 10/21/2011

betweenthebalancesheets wrote 7 months ago: (Image h/t Tyler Cowen) A very clever choice to beef up the FDIC Unexpected good news from Europe Ma … more →

Tags: Banking, Labor Markets, Investing, EURO-CRISIS, corporatism, Humor, Crime, SEC, gata

Links 10/20/2011

betweenthebalancesheets wrote 7 months ago: Latest U.S. consumer confidence and initial claims data Dexia did a leveraged stock buy-back of itse … more →

Tags: Banking, Monetary Policy, Labor Markets, corporatism, monetary policy transmission mechanism, Dexia, Claudio Borio

Silence, echoes off the wall...4 comments

dwighttowers wrote 8 months ago: which is a line from a song by the late Randy Vanwarmer, who I think was massively under-rated So, f … more →

Tags: Financial Times, Framing, Bourdieu, Silence

Q: What's pink and hard in the morning?

dwighttowers wrote 10 months ago: A: The Financial Times crossword. Not that the FT itself is a doddle; it took me a good couple of ye … more →

Tags: Financial Times, Economics, Kevin Boakes, Autodidacticism

Fashion as Art

cseeboutique wrote 10 months ago: Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want … more →

Tags: Random musings, Wardrobe Ponderings, cSee Boutique, Fashion, Art, alexander mcqueen, FT Magazine

Top Ten Tweets

Ashby Monk wrote 10 months ago: Ashby Monk Here they are: Your top news items from the past week’s @sovereignfund Twitter feed: KIC … more →

Tags: News, sovereign wealth fund, Sovereign Wealth Funds, swf, twitter, SWF's, Scott Kalb, Top Ten Tweets, top 10 tweets

Reflexivity - I liked the word so much, I bought the domain name!3 comments

Phil O'Brien wrote 1 year ago: Reading Mrs Moneypenny’s column in the Financial Times is a regular weekend treat. The FT Week … more →

Tags: Personal Network, Social, Books, Work, Mrs Moneypenny, Identifii, usman sheikh, Heather McGregor, Lynda GRATTON

Weddings :)

Catriona Robertson wrote 1 year ago: For anyone whose heart melted a little seeing Kate and William take their vows, here’s a bit m … more →

Tags: London, Beyond Europe, Hasidic, Weddings, Tajikistan

Charlie oozes seductive charm all over Gillian Tett1 comment

backatthistable wrote 1 year ago: By the Bureau Chiefs Last Friday, the Financial Times’ Gillian Tett (above) published an accou … more →

Tags: the angels, Lunch v. Dinner, Dinner v. Lunch, Annie Cohen-Solal, Jogging, steam rooms, Larry King, Mr. Tony

A political interlude

bebrowed wrote 1 year ago: It seems like months since I last wrote about politics but I think it’s probably an appropriat … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, Simon Critchley, Lord Phillips

Fool's Gold Author Encourages Anthropologists

edumacated wrote 1 year ago: Interesting article on Gillian Tett, writer for the Financial Times, from Inside Higher Ed (link her … more →

Tags: financial troubles, Fool's Gold

Gillian Tett--Fool's Gold--Videos

Raymond Thomas Pronk wrote 1 year ago:   “…Anthropology also instills a sense of skepticism about official rhetoric. In Most so … more →

Tags: recession, financial crisis, Economy, Central Banking, credit, CDS, Wall Street, Fool's Gold, CDO

Who Needs A Gavel?1 comment

Cynthia de Lorenzi wrote 1 year ago: Greetings! Are you ready? You don’t look ready! Once again it is time for our Annual Meeting!  … more →

Tags: success in the city, jen sterling, Bisnow, cynthia de lorenzi, Fool's Gold, The Ritz-Carlton, Supreme High Tea, Where Do Women Stand V, Katharine Weymouth


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