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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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On xenophobia and other links

Edward Harrison
Is this xenophobia? Video - Jan Brewer: Most illegal immigrants are 'drug mules' - CNN.com Bias and Bigotry in Academia « Patrick J. Buchanan Losing White America « Patrick J. Buchanan Bob Herbert - Long-Term Economic Pain for…
Monetary System

James Montier does MMT

Edward Harrison
It seems that a lot of analysts have caught onto the MMT framework popularized by the late economist Wynne Godley and made topical in this downturn by Rob Parenteau of the Richebacher Letter. We have seen Martin Wolf use Godley and…
Economy

Is Brazil Overheating?

Edward Harrison
Given near universal austerity measures in Europe and thoughts of the same in the US, increasingly it looks like the emerging markets are expected to do the heavy lifting to sustain a global recovery. As I said recently, "for the…
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On race and politics and other links

Edward Harrison
More On Race and Politics -  My take: when the chips are down, people look for someone or something to blame.  For a good example of how xenophobia increases during economic hardship, see my post Mexican Repatriation: The Great…
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The Poisoning and other links

Edward Harrison
When I run these links at Yves Q. Smith's site Naked Capitalism I am a bit the chatty Cathy. Here I run them sans commentary. For those of you who read both, the difference is simple: when in Rome. For those of you who don't, check out NC,…

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