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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

Video: European Crisis Explained

Edward Harrison Nov 12, 2011

Well folks, we live in a creditor friendly-world. And the taxpayers are always going to be the ones taking the hit unless the credit system collapses under its own weight. That’s what Omid Malekan seems to think too. His video below…

Political Economy

Report: Germany is preparing for Greece’s exit from the euro zone

Edward Harrison Nov 12, 2011

This sounds like hearsay to me, but I wouldn’t be telling you about it if I didn’t believe it was credible.

Political Economy

Paul Krugman gets it

Edward Harrison Nov 12, 2011

Paul Krugman show he understands the sovereign debt crisis.

News

News Links: Big, Cheap Solution In Europe

Edward Harrison Nov 12, 2011

There's A Big Solution In Europe, And Actually It's Really Cheap But there is a solution. The markets seem to think we're about to see the ECB inter into the fray as a lender of last resort to troubled countries. The ECB already…

Economy

Auerback: In Europe, national solvency first, then aggregate demand

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

Marshall Auerback was on BNN yesterday talking about the sovereign debt crisis. He believes that there are two distinct issues at play. One is national solvency, the other is aggregate demand. In his view, the national solvency issues take…

Economy

India getting hit by European slowdown

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

Over the past couple of days I have noticed a lot of posts on the FT’s emerging markets blog about a growth slowdown in India that is occurring as a direct result of the worsening outlook in Europe.

Markets

Here’s what traders are saying about ECB intervention

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

Italian 10-year yields are now down below 6.5%, that’s a full percentage point lower than on Wednesday. Market players suspect ECB intervention is behind the sizable move. Still, everyone is breathing a sigh of relief as we head into the…

News

News Links: Italy’s yields lower but contagion is spreading

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

Slovenia's bond yields hit 7% | beyondbrics | FT.com The eurozone storm is spreading fast and Slovenia has become the latest country to be battered by its winds. Its 10 year bond yields have jumped dramatically since the start…

Political Economy

American education, parody version

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

This is what American education now feels like

Blogs

Update on Changes at Credit Writedowns

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2011

Thank you for all of the wonderful support in responding to my Monday post about changes at Credit Writedowns. Here are some thoughts on the feedback and next steps.

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