2011

Here's Steve Jobs from the start-up phase at NeXT after he had been forced out of Apple in 1985. In this video, he is very much the passionate visionary we knew him to be in his second stint at apple, and with less bluster and more of a…

Foreign-language economic and finance links for 26 November

Here are the English-language links for 26 November.

This week’s New Yorker magazine features Ian Frazier on Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist who makes kinetic sculptures called Strandbeests that walk along the beach. In the video below, Frazier discusses the sculptures and how they fit into…

Those that call for the ECB to substantially increase its sovereign bond purchases, or for Germany to agree to euro bonds, want the opposition to unilaterally disarm. They insist on putting the cart before the horse. In effect, under…

I have already highlighted some of the issues being reported on Eurobonds. But I should point out that I believe the Germans are already considering Eurobonds despite official denials. The other major story is contagion. Poland’s currency…

Neither the current governing coalition nor the German populace is anywhere close to getting where Schröder is. The most Germany will deliver is what’s on the table now: EU fiscal oversight with penalties and potentially expulsion for…

Europe Can't Move Fast Enough to Halt Crisis - Tim Duy's Fed Watch Like it or not, the ECB is the one institution that can act quickly. To be sure, arguably it is now too late to act "quickly." Now quick action is…

Euro continues to weaken as US markets reopen from holiday; consolidative price action Thursday is being replaced by a return to trend today, with dollar broadly stronger, EM and “risk” broadly lower. European equities are down, and futures…

Egypt downgraded by S&P | beyondbrics | FT.com In a move that will shock no one, Standard & Poor's has downgraded Egypt for the second time in five weeks. S&P lowered Egypt's foreign and local currency sovereign…