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Category Archives: finance & economics

Breaking down the mechanics of resource use and misuse

finance & economics, financial crisis, history & society, in other words

Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren

Author The Editor Date October 6, 2013

One could easily mistake this for a modern essay on the virtues of a balanced life and the perils of unbridled greed.

Tagged behavioral, capitalism, economics, great depression, growth, history, psychology |
finance & economics, financial crisis, headline, history & society, world affairs

Divided We Fall: The Dangerous State of Partisan Politics

Author The Editor Date November 10, 2012

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Tagged economics, history, obama, politics, psychology |
finance & economics, science & tech

RIM and the Curse of Success

Author The Editor Date January 9, 2012

The Blackberry-maker’s biggest failure is not learning from its failures.

Tagged growth, leadership, psychology, strategy, technology |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

the foreclosure mess

Author The Editor Date October 16, 2010

A timely and frightening exploration of the causes and consequences of the emerging foreclosure mess.

Tagged bailout, banking system, capitalism, corruption, investment, mortgage, real estate, regulation, speculation |
finance & economics, history & society, science & tech

behavioral bias

Author The Editor Date August 8, 2010

Evidence continues to mount that established models of rational decision-making are dangerously out of date.

Tagged behavioral, bias, economics, healthcare |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

market makers

Author The Editor Date March 25, 2010

A primer on the unique roles that banks and capital markets play in the efficient (and sometimes painfully inefficient) functioning of of modern society.

Tagged banking system, capital markets, economics, finance, primer, speculation |
finance & economics, history & society, in other words, world affairs

one island, two worlds

Author The Editor Date February 2, 2010

It isn’t surprising that so-called “ambulance economics” has gained mass policy appeal as the global economy descends into madness, despite a legacy of failure.

Tagged development, empires, geography, haiti, history, policy, recovery |
finance & economics, in other words, the middle east

demise of the dollar

Author The Editor Date October 6, 2009
This type of geopolitical conspiracy would be easy to dismiss from any other source,...
Tagged balance of payments, china, energy, geopolitics, macroeconomics, monetary, oil, trade, war |
finance & economics, financial crisis, history & society, in other words

why capitalism fails

Author The Editor Date October 1, 2009
Humanity is rarely more receptive to change than during the depths of a crisis....
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

dead parrot of finance

Author The Editor Date August 9, 2009
As capital markets continue to increase in scale and scope, there is a natural...
Tagged crisis, efficient markets, failure, finance, hypothesis, theory |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

macrofinancial stability

Author The Editor Date July 4, 2009
Armchair financial quarterbacks would do well to tune out the mass media every so...
Tagged banking system, contagion, credit, crisis, economist, financial markets, macroeconomics, regulation, systemic, theory |
finance & economics, history & society, in other words

ten market rules to remember

Author The Editor Date June 13, 2009
“Bob Farrell was a legend at Merrill Lynch & Co. for several decades. Farrell...
Tagged finance, investment, markets, portfolio, psychology, speculation |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

fuel tax

Author The Editor Date June 12, 2009
An interesting piece of analysis via TBP about rising gas prices crowding out retail...
Tagged crisis, gas, oil, prices |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

stimulus maximus

Author The Editor Date February 10, 2009
A visual schematic of America’s stimulus dollars at work, as proposed under the recently...
Tagged fiscal policy, growth, policy, stimulus |
finance & economics, financial crisis

flow of funds

Author The Editor Date February 6, 2009
The frightening this about this table isn’t lavish CEO pay after record bank losses,...
Tagged AIG, bailout, compensation, stimulus |
featured, finance & economics, in other words, science & tech

synchronicity

Author The Editor Date February 1, 2009
This TED talk by mathematician Steven Strogatz “shows how flocks of creatures (like birds,...
Tagged behavioral, contagion, nature, networks, science, synchronicity, video |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

mad money

Author The Editor Date January 25, 2009
For nearly a quarter century, Milton Friedman’s monetarists and their acolytes at the Federal...
Tagged free markets, friedman, great depression, greenspan, history, macroeconomics, monetarist theory, money supply |
finance & economics, financial crisis, in other words

black (scholes) hole

Author The Editor Date January 22, 2009
Scientists and market commentators have long been aware of the susceptibility of the markets...
Tagged black scholes, bubble, capital markets, crisis, derivatives, models, regulation, risk, speculation, theory, trading, valuation |
finance & economics, history & society, in other words, the middle east

underground economies

Author The Editor Date January 15, 2009
The existence of black markets in virtually every economy on the planet is a...
finance & economics, history & society, in other words

size doesn’t matter

Author The Editor Date January 10, 2009
Assuming that our lot in life is simply a function of hard work, acquired...
Tagged capitalism, crisis, equality, governance, policy, regulation, social security, socialism, stimulus, wealth |
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