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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

Bill Gross, Felix Zulauf, Fred Hickey, Archie MacAllaster and Scott Black from Barron’s 2011…

Edward Harrison Jan 24, 2011

Here are a bunch of the participants from this year's Barron's Investor Roundtable discussion talking to Michael Santoli about the ideas they expressed.

Markets

Bob Janjuah is ‘tactically bearish’ now

Edward Harrison Jan 24, 2011

Nomura's Bob Janjuah was on Bloomberg Television's "Inside Track" with Erik Schatzker this morning, discussing his outlook as well as the crises in the U.S. and Europe. He opened the session by saying he is tactically bearish over…

Political Economy

Ten Ideas That Would Turn David Rosenberg Bullish on the USA

Edward Harrison Jan 24, 2011

From today's Breakfast with Dave research note at Gluskin Sheff (highlighting added): An energy policy that truly removes U.S. dependence on foreign oil (shale case, coal, nuclear). A complete rewrite of the tax code that promotes…

Economy

Spain’s Cajas to Reveal Real Estate Losses

Edward Harrison Jan 23, 2011

The Bank of Spain is to force the cajas, Spanish savings banks to reveal the extent of their property losses. The thinking behind this move is the same as the thinking that prompted the stress tests in both the US and Europe; officials…

Economy

Spain’s bank nationalisation and the euro zone crisis

Edward Harrison Jan 21, 2011

On Monday I first learned that Spain was to partially nationalise its banking system via the Financial Times Deutschland. The title of this article is the most appropriate I have seen discussing the issue, "Madrid riskiert für Cajas…

Political Economy

Lawrence White on Friedrich von Hayek

Edward Harrison Jan 21, 2011

I caught this video along with the Keynes video I just profiled. Look at this as a rebuttal to some of the themes Lord Skidelsky went through in that previous video. Lawrence White explains the genesis of the Austrian Theory of Boom and…

Political Economy

Robert Skidelsky on John Maynard Keynes

Edward Harrison Jan 21, 2011

Good interview and interesting analysis of the personal history of Lord Keynes. Skidelsky does a good job of describing Keynesianism in 15 minutes. My main criticism is that I feel he failed to adequately address the malinvestment issue…

Economy

Xie and Roach: China Should Worry About Inflation

Edward Harrison Jan 20, 2011

On the back of 10+% growth in 2010, it is now apparent that China has a burgeoning inflation problem. A whole confluence of factors may come into play here. A labour shortage in China, food price inflation, and out of control money supply…

Political Economy

What’s So Funny ‘Bout Love, Peace and Understanding in Chimerica?

Edward Harrison Jan 19, 2011

by Edward Harrison I was watching the Obama – Hu Press conference this afternoon and it was a veritable lovefest considering the acrimonious backdrop from 2010. You lot were thinking it was going to be like this Obama-Hu press conference…

Political Economy

China as the Bad Guy?

Edward Harrison Jan 18, 2011

In anticipation of the state visit by Chinese Leader Hu Jintao, I spoke about the pressure on US politicians to do something about the Chinese currency problem with RT America's Alyona Minkovski on the Alyona Show last night. The video is…

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