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Category Archives: history & society

views of society as they have evolved over the ages

featured, history & society, in other words, the middle east, world affairs

An Unforgiving Day

Author The Editor Date July 21, 2014

This past weekend was a painful reminder that blood still runs think in humanity’s borderlands.

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 |
featured, financial crisis, history & society

the great recession: act iii

Author The Editor Date August 8, 2011

The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.

Tagged behavioral, bubble, economics, great depression, growth |
financial crisis, history & society

in like a lion, out like a lamb?

Author The Editor Date September 7, 2010

Students of behavioral finance had a field day this past week.

Tagged capital markets, crisis, investment, macroeconomics, psychology, risk, speculation, statistics, stimulus |
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Evidence continues to mount that established models of rational decision-making are dangerously out of date.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 |
financial crisis, history & society

oil slick = euro trick

Author The Editor Date May 14, 2010

Stopping the spread of financial contagion is deceptively similar to plugging a ruptured deep-sea oil well.

Tagged bailout, contagion, crash, crisis, politics, regulation, speculation |
featured, financial crisis, history & society

a dose of reality

Author The Editor Date May 5, 2010

Armies of bulls and bears are camped out on either side of the great debate over the future of the global economy.

Tagged bailout, banking system, behavioral, capital markets, capitalism, financial crisis, geopolitics, history, investment, investments, macroeconomics, politics, rates, real estate, speculation, unemployment |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

failure by design

Author The Editor Date April 22, 2010

Modern politicians, businesspeople and academics are once again questioning both the failures of free markets and the failures of government.

Tagged behavioral, capitalism, failure, regulation, synchronicity | 1 Comment |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

complexity and collapse

Author The Editor Date March 31, 2010

America is just as vulnerable to collapse as the many great civilizations that preceded it — maybe even more so given the increasing complexity of our modern global economy.

Tagged complexity, crisis, empire, financial system, history, macroeconomics, sustainability |
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 |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

volcker rules

Author The Editor Date February 2, 2010

Paul Volcker’s influence is finally starting to resonate where it counts: at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Tagged bubble, history, macroeconomics, policy, regulation, speculation, volcker |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

christianity and the crash

Author The Editor Date December 25, 2009

Over the past generation, a different strain of Christian faith has proliferated—one that promises to make believers rich in the here and now.

Tagged behavioral, bubble, investment, money, psychology, real estate, religion, speculation |
history & society, in other words, world affairs

war games

Author The Editor Date December 16, 2009
Scores of advanced military technologies – from radio to the Internet to GPS –...
featured, financial crisis, history & society

volcker vs. greenspan

Author The Editor Date December 10, 2009

Two of the Fed’s greatest leaders and keenest minds have crafted American monetary policy for most of the last three decades, and yet they couldn’t be more different. This is their story.

Tagged biography, federal reserve, financial crisis, greenspan, history, keynes, macroeconomics, monetary policy, policy, volcker, washington |
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....
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

after the crisis

Author The Editor Date September 29, 2009
Exploring the recent economic “upheaval” through the lens of history helps in at least...
Tagged development, geopolitics, growth, history, macroeconomics, trade, world bank |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

reflections on a year of crisis

Author The Editor Date August 22, 2009
A comprehensive if somewhat subjective view of the two years since the credit crisis...
Tagged banking system, bernanke, crisis, federal reserve, history, macroeconomics, monetary, policy, regulation, speech |
financial crisis, history & society, in other words

the man who crashed the world

Author The Editor Date July 15, 2009
Another entertaining piece of journalism by Michael Lewis, this time reporting from the nucleus...
Tagged bailout, compensation, corruption, greed, incentives, insurance |
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 |
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