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Questionable Time #62

loudribs wrote 5 days ago: Good morning Lemmings and hold on to your hats because something really rather strange occurred on Q … more →

Tags: Politics, BBCQT, BBC Question Time, Charles Kennedy, Chris Bryant, David Dimbleby, Ipswich, Peter Bazelgette, Phillip Hammond

S&P 500: market narratives and the wall of worry

George Hatjoullis wrote 5 days ago: Discounted Cash Flow Calculator – is a tool to help estimate the present value of a stream of … more →

Tags: Business, David Tepper, Finance, Investing, Quantitative Easing, risk premium, Risk-free interest rate

Hard-up US consumers show free markets fundamentals are wrong

The Money Spy 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 →

Tags: economic ideas, U.S. economy, Barack Obama, Nobel Prize, united states, Economic, Lucas Critique, Government Spending, victor meldrew

A tip for investors: embrace social media – but know when to bail-out

The Money Spy wrote 1 month ago: You may or may not think Twitter and Facebook are worth your investment bucks, pennies and cents, bu … more →

Tags: Investors, Social Media, Investment, facebook, University of Manchester, etoro, twitter, Francis Galton, Social Trading

Four Reasons Why Age is No Barrier to Entrepreneurship

Westbury Accountants 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 →

Tags: Business, Small Business, Business 2, entrepreneurial ideas, Entrepreneurship, model entrepreneur, Summly, Yahoo

Why the dollar continues to look as good as gold

vivekkaul wrote 2 months ago: Vivek Kaul   Over the last few years a mini industry predicting the demise of the dollar has evolved … more →

Tags: Analysis, financial crisis, firstpost, Dollar, Gold, Oil, Federal Reserve of United States, OPEC, Saudi Arabia

Austerity, Humiliation, and Riots1 comment

Jrcnyc wrote 2 months ago: Our recent blogs have addressed the social and legal ramifications of austerity. When considering th … more →

Tags: austerity, austerity riots, Belfast Riots, COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE, corporate cash hoarding, Criminal Justice System, crowds, debt crowds, Dennis Smith

Proposed Small-Business Bank Seeks Sliver of $1.7 trillion US Corporate Overseas-Cash Pile3 comments

Jrcnyc wrote 3 months ago: In Gillian Tett’s article “Big corporate cash piles can help fund small business,” … more →

Tags: financial crisis, $1.7 trillion, corporate cash hoarding, Joint Committee on Taxation, National Federation of Independent Business survey, Rainbow Push Coalition, Reverend Jesse Jackson, small business credit crunch, Small Business Loans

Kicking starting 2013 with Editorial Intelligence and Financial Time about Davos

sjdeventsltd wrote 4 months ago: So, this morning I signed up for the first Editorial Intelligence event of 2013 and to be honest, I … more →

Tags: Personal Experiences, Of General Interest, editorial intelligence, SJD Events, Financial Times, kick starting 2013 with Editorial Intelligence, Davos, Pre-Davos predictions, World Economic Forum

The Moral Question of Democracy: Really Intelligent Governance for the Twenty-First Century2 comments

wmistudymovie 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 →

Tags: Political Science, Politics, Financial Times, Morality, democracy, Francis Fukuyama, the end of history, Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle W, Nicolas Berggruen

The numbers of the year 20122 comments

Lois wrote 4 months ago: I was listening to Radio 4 and caught the tail end of the numbers programme ‘More or Less … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Financial Times, Higgs Bosun, More or Less, Radio 4, Sudoku

ICT and the US Economic Recovery

Alain Stekke wrote 5 months ago: On December 12th the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced it would keep interest rates … more →

Tags: information communication technologies, ict, Employment, Paul Krugman

Standing up for democracy

liberaleye wrote 5 months ago: That we face immense difficulties economically and otherwise is obvious on the day of Osborne’ … more →

Tags: democracy, Politics, Economy, Newsnight

Review of "Saving the Sun" by Gillian Tett 1 comment

economicmemos 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 →

Tags: Book Reviews, Japan, Long Term Capital Bank, Saving the Sun, STREET FIGHTERS, THe House of Cards

Generation Lost #Lazy #Afraid | The Backlash of Social Silence1 comment

Alison Lea Sher wrote 7 months ago: The “Lost Generation” is a term coined by Gertrude Stein to describe the young adults wh … more →

Tags: Articles, young professionals, DIY, Writers, Inspiration, Humor, twenty-somethings, Generation Y, Millenials

Primer: Financial Crisis

Xan Zai wrote 8 months ago: Interesting reads: Which Capitalism? Lessons From the East Asian Crisis The Great Leveraging THE ASC … more →

Tags: Eurozone, Emerging markets, IMF, financial crisis, Wall Street, global financial crisis, Psychology, Behavior, Market

¿Es tan oscuro el futuro del periodismo?

mjsigol wrote 8 months ago: Las malas noticias para la industria de la prensa no paran de sucederse: caída de las ventas, tímida … more →

Tags: news & trend, Columbia Journalism Review, united states, chip giller, Alex Cohen, futuro del periodismo

Fed chairman set to speak; should eurozone look at Gold differently?

APMEX wrote 8 months ago:   U.S. stock futures and Precious Metals are enjoying a boost this morning in anticipation of F … more →

Tags: APMEX Commentaries, Precious Metal, Ben Bernanke, Financial Times, World Gold Council, Quantitative Easing, Jackson Hole, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Talking Sausages and Derivatives with Gillian Tett

WalkerWords wrote 11 months ago: We should have listened to the Financial Times journalist back in the mid-noughties. The Financial T … more →

Tags: Interviews: Thinkers and writers, Financial Times, credit crunch


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