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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

Win Thin: Bernanke is giving a green light to the risk-on trade

Edward Harrison Apr 29, 2011

Win Thin of Brown Brothers Harriman was on Bloomberg talking to Tom Keene and Michael Cloherty, head of U.S. rates strategy for fixed income and currencies at RBC Capital Markets, about the global markets for a good fifteen minutes today.…

Monetary System

Why markets fail

Edward Harrison Apr 29, 2011

George Soros makes the case for economics as a social science using his theory of reflexivity. Here are some additional thoughts to help understand why markets fail.

Economy

Joe Stiglitz on Quantitative Easing

Edward Harrison Apr 28, 2011

Joseph Gagnon of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning Economics Professor from Columbia, squared off yesterday on the topic of quantitative easing. Video below. Also see my…

Markets

More on the currency wars and negative real rates

Edward Harrison Apr 28, 2011

Now that the Fed has confirmed it won't raise rates and the dollar is dropping, for me it means that negative real rates will continue and that the currency wars are back on. I have comments on what negative real rates mean for investors. I…

Political Economy

James Galbraith on Ben Bernanke’s Press Conference and the Federal Reserve

Edward Harrison Apr 28, 2011

Here is a prequel to Ben Bernanke's press conference from James Galbraith. He seems to think that this approach is risky. But, in retrospect, Bernanke acquitted himself well. Gavyn Davies said it well. That goes to style though. I agree;…

Political Economy

Do The Facts Really Matter?

Edward Harrison Apr 28, 2011

Partisans have a well-developed political world view. Facts don't change that view. How does one deal with that? If you're wrong, you will be confronted with a decision on how to react. The insidious thing about this is that when we are…

Monetary System

Fight of the Century: Keynes vs Hayek Round Two

Edward Harrison Apr 28, 2011

These Hayek – Keynes videos are hilarious (hat tip Barry Ritholtz). This one is called "Fight of the Century" - sort of like Marvelous Marvin Hagler against Sugar Ray Leonard.

Political Economy

Paul O’Neill Calls Opponents of Raising Debt Ceiling ‘Terrorists’

Edward Harrison Apr 27, 2011

Former US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill calls the people advocating brinkmanship on the debt ceiling deficit "terrorists". The United States looks more and more like a banana republic every day. If S&P wants a reason to downgrade the…

Business

Letterman’s Top Ten Apple Excuses for Tracking You

Edward Harrison Apr 27, 2011

Here's David Letterman with the ten reasons Apple needs to track your every move.

Political Economy

Ben Bernanke’s Press Conference

Edward Harrison Apr 27, 2011

Today marks the first time we are witnessing a regularly scheduled news conference by a Fed chairman in the Federal Reserve's 98-year history. Most reactions to Ben Bernanke's performance were positive, meaning he reiterated the themes he…

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