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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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Links: 2010-08-30

Edward Harrison Aug 30, 2010

Le Figaro - Politique : Roms expulsés : Kouchner a songé à démissionner Oväntat stort BNP-lyft i Danmark - DN.se Guest Post: Modern Monetary Theory -- A Primer on the Operational Realities of the Monetary System « naked capitalism Crise…

Economy

White: ‘Burden of Debt’ Will Slow Global Growth

Edward Harrison Aug 29, 2010

Bill White, formerly of the BIS and now with the OECD spoke to Bloomberg News during the KC Fed's annual meeting in Jackson Hole, WY. He gave some rather pointed answers to questions about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. I reviewed…

News

Links: 2010-08-29

Edward Harrison Aug 29, 2010

Andorra, a Tiny Tax Haven, Tries Openness - NYTimes.com Marginal Revolution: How to interpret Germany, again Marginal Revolution: Fessing up to previously incorrect beliefs Where I Believe that I was Most Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog |…

Blogs

Site Admin Tonight

Edward Harrison Aug 27, 2010

I promised that the site would be making some changes in addition to the redesign. So the site will be undergoing some admin that will make it unavailable tonight sometime after 8PM EDT/12AM GMT (less than three hours from now).…

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Links: 2010-08-27

Edward Harrison Aug 27, 2010

Flaherty defends Irish policy after downgrade - National Post Among Democrats, economic pressures are changing tax-cut dynamics UK economy grows at fastest pace in nine years - Telegraph Muslims Give Obama Highest Job Approval; Mormons,…

Economy

Romania Feels Spain’s Austerity Through Remittances

Edward Harrison Aug 26, 2010

As the property markets in Spain, Ireland, and Britain have dried up, a mass of Eastern European immigrants specialized in the building industry have found themselves without a stable source of income. The decline in remittances back to…

Monetary System

Why the U.S. economy is weak

Edward Harrison Aug 26, 2010

My friend Rob Parenteau says "most professional investors are high frequency macro data and short run asset price driven." He basically means they have no real macro analytical framework to use when making investment…

News

On Ireland, Double Dips and Other Links

Edward Harrison Aug 26, 2010

I will be on BNN at 12:15 today. Topics are unknown but Ireland's downgrade and double dip in the US are two likely subjects. My general take is that this is playing out as scripted here and here. Back in 2009, when I was talking…

Business

Technology’s Cutting Edge: Virtual Keyboards

Edward Harrison Aug 25, 2010

I acquired a Nexus One when it came out thanks to a kind friend. Up until that point, I had been using a Smartphone with a built in QWERTY/QWERTZ keyboard for several years. In fact, one reason I never got an iPhone was the virtual…

News

US existing home sales cliff diving and other links

Edward Harrison Aug 24, 2010

This is what is helping drive markets down. But, the price action was ugly even before. The Yen is at a 15-year high versus the USD and a 7-year high versus EUR. Swissy is also crushing. Bunds are at record lows. And now the ten-year is at…

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