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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.

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Austerity in the U.K. and Other Links

Edward Harrison Oct 21, 2010

Topic of the Day: Britain's Austerity Budget What I didn't say on the BBC | Credit Writedowns It Is Not Just John Maynard Keynes, It Is Milton Friedman Who Is Being Thrown Over the Side - Grasping Reality with Both Hands FT.com…

Markets

The #1 Reason Why Gold Collapsed

Edward Harrison Oct 20, 2010

I am an affiliate of INO, a website which is geared to individual investors. I haven't posted much from their site here but I thought their latest video on gold was interesting so I'll say a few words about it. (disclosure: as an affiliate…

Economy

What I didn’t say on the BBC

Edward Harrison Oct 20, 2010

I was on BBC Radio Five Live at about 4AM local time this morning for a good 5 to 10 minutes, talking about the coalition government's austerity budget. My basic message was that austerity-lite might be defensible but full austerity is…

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Links: 2010-01-20

Edward Harrison Oct 20, 2010

The presence of an article in the links section at Credit Writedowns is not an endorsement of the views presented. However, it is a suggestion that the article is topical and worthy of your attention. If you would like to receive our…

Political Economy

Blanchflower: The Fed Should Buy Munis And Monetize State Debt

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2010

A few months ago I was running through some out of the box thinking for how the Fed might be able to give quantitative easing more of an impact. Not that I think the Fed should go QE, but if they do, the question is what should they do.…

Economy

Simon Johnson: The Coming Meta-Boom and Meta-Bust

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2010

Simon Johnson, a former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund and author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, says the recently passed Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act does little to…

Economy

Institutional Investors now suing Bank of America for put backs on MBS

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2010

Felix Salmon is right. This is going to be a big, big problem for the financial institutions. A group of investors holding $16.5 billion of mortgage bonds took a step toward a possible suit against a Bank of America Corp unit for…

Political Economy

Chile: “We are very much concerned about what’s happening with our currency”

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2010

Manuel Marfán, vice-governor of the Central Bank of Chile, told CNBC Europe Tuesday that the Chileans are concerned about what is happening in the currency markets. He said their first responsibility was to be "good global…

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Links: 2010-01-19

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2010

The Foreclosure Mess-a Follow-up | The Big Picture FT.com - Joseph Stiglitz - It is folly to place all our trust in the Fed Felix Zulauf Podcast, 16 Oct 2010 - King World News The disastrous US debt drive | Steve Keen | Commentary |…

Business

Steve Jobs’ Epic 5-Minute Anti-Google Rant

Edward Harrison Oct 18, 2010

Apple had a blowout quarter on sales of iPhones and iPads when they reported after the bell. Steve Jobs went absolutely ballistic on Google during the conference call. His message: "We think Android is very, very fragmented and…

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