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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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News: 2014-05-29

Edward Harrison May 29, 2014

Russia forges huge economic bloc with Kazakhstan and Belarus | Reuters Spanish economy posts third straight quarter of growth - Independent.ie The internet of things — Benedict Evans Uber CEO: We're in a Political Battle with an…

Technology

Mobile disintermediation is among the biggest trends in tech now

Edward Harrison May 28, 2014

Today’s commentary provides a few quick hits on some topics I am seeing in the technology space. After a horrible drying up of liquidity after the technology bubble burst 14 years ago, we have seen a resurgence of the technology space over…

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News: 2014-05-28

Edward Harrison May 28, 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow Talks About Goop, Celebrity, Trolls at Code Conference | Re/code Facebook Seeks EU Antitrust Review of WhatsApp Deal - WSJ.com China Is Projected to Overtake the U.S. in Mobile Revenue - Digits - WSJ Rising Household…

Economy

More on US growth acceleration in 2014

Edward Harrison May 27, 2014

I’m back after the long weekend here in the US with a short post. Having pointed to the excesses in US credit markets on Friday, I should point out that the real economy in the US is doing pretty well at the moment. Markets can continue to…

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News: 2014-05-27

Edward Harrison May 27, 2014

Recently I have been giving 20 headlines for links. Since I have not done links for a number of days, I am doing 30 today. Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review | The Verge Apple reportedly will pay ISPs for direct network connections | Ars…

Monetary System

Economic and market themes: 2014-05-23 Credit excesses everywhere

Edward Harrison May 23, 2014

There are widespread signs of credit market froth. This is a telltale sign of top of the cycle or near top of the cycle excess. Think 2005, 2006 or 2007. The key bit here is that credit markets transmit distress in a way that equity markets…

Economy

On the growing US student debt problem and the latest global economic figures

Edward Harrison May 22, 2014

Europe’s PMI show a divergence between Germany and France China’s manufacturing sector is still contracting The US student debt problem is growing

Economy

On Tim Geithner and my US bailout post-mortem

Edward Harrison May 21, 2014

Yesterday, I wrote up a piece at the New York Times’ Room for Debate forum about the legacy that Tim Geithner left behind, given his recent memoir “Stress Test”. The question was : “Did the government miss a historic opportunity to reshape…

Markets

Iran real beneficiary of Russia-China gas deal and more on overheated markets

Edward Harrison May 21, 2014

The big news today is the Gazprom deal in China. This is a $400 billion gas deal to supply gas from Russia to China for 30 years that has been in the works for over a decade. But the changing geopolitical atmosphere has given it urgency.…

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News: 2014-05-21

Edward Harrison May 21, 2014

Russia's Putin says to invest $55 billion in exploration, pipeline construction to China | Reuters Lenovo overtakes Apple in US personal computer market - Telegraph Russia, China Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal After Decade of Talks -…

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