Links: 2010-09-25
On the Curious Timing and Content of Volcker’s Mislabeled “Blistering” Speech « naked capitalism Lewis Lapham on "the end of capitalism" - War Room - Salon.com White House Set to Defend Targeted Killing -…
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Sheryl WuDunn on Empowering Women
The Clinton Global Initiative annual conference ended on Thursday. But, I wanted to highlight one issue the conference spotlighted as one of four action areas - and that is the need for empowering girls and women. We know from recent US…
The Big Interview with Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt
Below is a video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking to the Wall Street Journal about a wide range of issues including Apple, Facebook, Search, Privacy, Competition, Anti-trust and Net Neutrality. In describing the video, the Wall Street…
Links: 2010-09-24
Finance and Economy Volcker Spares No One in Broad Critique - Real Time Economics - WSJ Bloomberg Television Special on Summers Departure - Video - Bloomberg Inside Job: A Movie Wall Street is Sure to Hate « naked capitalism…
Hugh Hendry interview on the BBC
BBC HARDtalk interviewed hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry, CIO & CEO of Eclectica Asset Management, this past Tuesday night. The videos are below.
Quick thoughts on Irish sovereign debt crisis
Here are some quick thoughts on what's happening in Ireland. The Irish situation is mostly about the collapse in the economy due to a huge run-up in private sector debts. This has been complicated by Iceland-style bailouts for an outsized…
Warren Buffett: “We’re still in a recession.” Technical recoveries don’t…
Warren Buffett wants his street cred back! He's coming down on the side of most people on main street who believe the recession is still ongoing despite what the NBER stat gurus say. Reuters quotes: "We're still in a…
On Ireland’s double dip depression and other links
Topic of the Day: Ireland Ireland's austerity measures show us how not to do it | Business | The Guardian BBC News - Irish economy contracts by 1.2% Stat of the Day: Ireland now fifth for highest government default probabilities…
The Big Interview with Robert Shiller
Robert Shiller puts the odds for a double dip recession at greater than 50%; so he is worried that we are headed back down again. I missed Robert Shiller's Big Interview with the Wall Street Journal last month so I am posting it now. Here…
Stat of the Day: Ireland now fifth for highest government default probabilities in the world
This morning, BBH's Marc Chandler noted: In today’s European trading session, Ireland sold €100 of bills with an average yield of 2.23% with a maturity set for April 18, 2011. On the whole, Ireland auctioned €400M of bills, less than…