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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.

Political Economy

On Spain’s missing its deficit targets

Edward Harrison Mar 5, 2012

This is a silver level post. Spain is now fessing up that its going to miss 2012 targets as well as its 2011 deficit targets. For Credit Writedowns readers, this should come as no shock because I predicted this months ago. Here's the…

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On Moral Hazard

Edward Harrison Mar 5, 2012

This is a silver level post. The biggest problem most people have with the bailouts is not that the banks were bailed out but additionally that there seem to have been no consequences for individual actors, the executives that brought the…

News

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Edward Harrison Mar 5, 2012

China cuts 2012 growth target to 7.5 percent, stability key | Reuters Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cut his nation's growth target to 7.5 percent for 2012 to give the economy more room to slow down if…

Monetary System

Private savings in a post-bubble world

Edward Harrison Mar 4, 2012

I caught this comment by Scott Fulwiler on a blog post a 3spoken: the notion that firms can spend and reduce net saving in order to increase net saving of the household sector--while theoretically true and true in an accounting…

Economy

Why are Irish taxpayers bailing out unsecured bank creditors?

Edward Harrison Mar 3, 2012

This was the question put to the ECB's Klaus Masuch by one persistent Irish journalist. The answer from Masuch was a complete dodge, a non-answer, because everyone knows that the Irish government has heaped what rightfully should be…

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Edward Harrison Mar 2, 2012

Fannie Mae seeks $4.6 billion in aid after Q4 loss | Reuters Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB), the biggest source of money for U.S. home loans, said on Wednesday it would seek $4.6 billion in additional federal…

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Edward Harrison Mar 1, 2012

MMT as an ECB Alternative | Michael Hudson governments spend money (at least in principle) to promote long-term growth and employment, to invest in public infrastructure, research and development,…

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Edward Harrison Feb 29, 2012

And the winner is… Greece – Telegraph Blogs tags: Greece economy China,…

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Edward Harrison Feb 27, 2012

Obama’s dream: To run against Santorum - The Washington Post Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum to run for president, they will lose. tags:…

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Edward Harrison Feb 25, 2012

Greek statement on bond swap: in full - Telegraph Athens has launched a bond swap with private investors to slash €107bn of the country's debt. Here is the Greek statement in full.…

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