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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.

Markets

Egan-Jones downgrades Italy further into junk territory to BB

Edward Harrison Nov 29, 2011

Sean Egan, president of Egan-Jones Ratings Co., talked to Bloomberg Television yesterday about the agency's decision to cut Italy’s credit rating to BB from BB+. The rationale is simply that public debt in Italy is growing while GDP is not.…

Economy

Full text: Moody’s reviews European banks’ subordinated, junior and Tier 3 debt for…

Edward Harrison Nov 29, 2011

"While the need to preserve confidence may imply some continuing (though potentially declining) support for senior debt -- given the potential for contagion across the banking system -- the rationale for continuing to assume the willingness…

Economy

Video: Mockumentary Presents: Politics in America

Edward Harrison Nov 28, 2011

An in-depth (and cynical) look at the current political environment in America, from the Occupy Wall Street protesters to the President's reaction to the Republican Primary via Omid Malekan, creator of the Quantitative Easing Explained and…

News

Foreign News: The missing 20,000 Greek pensioners

Edward Harrison Nov 28, 2011

Foreign-language news for 27 November 2011

News

News Links: Osborne to Fund Infrastructure Projects as UK Retail Sales Fall

Edward Harrison Nov 28, 2011

News links for 28 November 2011

Daily

Steve Keen on HARDtalk on the financial crisis and the economy

Edward Harrison Nov 27, 2011

This time it's Steve Keen on the hotseat on HARDtalk. Now, Steve is one of the few economists who actually predicted the global financial crisis. But what about the possibility of another Great Depression? That possibility and how to avoid…

Political Economy

On the alleged plans for a Spanish bailout

Edward Harrison Nov 27, 2011

“It is categorically not true,” said a spokesman from the party, which is led by Mariano Rajoy. The spokesman was commenting on a report by Reuters on Friday that the PP had discussed plans to seek a rescue package. -Spain 'will not…

News

Foreign news: Is Amazon employing unemployed in Germany without compensation?

Edward Harrison Nov 27, 2011

Foreign news links for 27 November 2011. We have a variety of links here today with most focused on the European sovereign debt crisis. Protest and terrorism are two other topics of great interest.

News

News Links: Power to imprison civilians without charge or trial anywhere in the world

Edward Harrison Nov 27, 2011

News links for 27 November 2011

Political Economy

Sources: IMF to offer Italy a 600 billion euro bailout via ECB funding

Edward Harrison Nov 27, 2011

According to Austrian daily Der Standard, Italy is to receive a 600 billion euro bailout courtesy of the IMF. Note: the article has what I assume to be a typo, referring to 600 million euros instead of 600 billion. I have fixed that in the…

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