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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.

Political Economy

Hugh Hendry on Euro Outlook and George Soros

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

Hugh Hendry opines on strategy, George Soros and the euro. He believes the euro "is finished" for many of the same reasons I worry about the euro zone – namely that it acts like a deflationary gold standard for euro zone members.…

News

On Fiscal Consolidation And Currency Devaluation At The G-20 And Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

G-20 Thoughts I am going to be talking about the G-20 tomorrow at 700 London Time/1200 East Coast Time on BBC World News. The key issue is fiscal consolidation. I am taking the German side of this (see Why I am siding with the Germans on…

Political Economy

Why I am siding with the Germans on fiscal consolidation

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

I am going to take the German side of the argument on the euro zone’s need for fiscal consolidation. It’s not that I like wearing a hair-shirt. Hardly. It’s because the Europeans have no other choice if they are to avoid higher interest…

Political Economy

More on Competitive Currency Devaluations

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

There is nothing preventing the Federal Reserve from buying up any financial asset it so chooses with money it creates out of thin air. In fact, I seriously doubt that the vaunted bond market vigilantes would be able to cause US interest…

Jon Stewart on the McChrystal Affair

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

Here’s the more sober and serious analysis from the McChrystal Affair courtesy of PBS. Also see: Political Fallout of McChrystal Ouster Examined – PBS News Hour Afghanistan Policy, Goals Reexamined Upon McChrystal Departure – PBS…

Economy

Josh Rosner On The Financial Reform Effort And Double Dip for US Economy in 2011

Edward Harrison Jun 23, 2010

It looks like regulatory reform might have some teeth from the latest updates from Josh Rosner.

Economy

European Credit Crisis: Germans Throwing Stones

Edward Harrison Jun 23, 2010

Paul Krugman has it right when he says this: I hold no brief for weak financial regulation in America. But it’s a bad sign that Germans still think of this as a made-in-America crisis. The truth is that the European housing bubble was…

Political Economy

Soros attacks Germany’s hair-shirt politics

Edward Harrison Jun 23, 2010

German daily Die Zeit published comments from an interview with famed US hedge fund investor George Soros who was sharply critical of German economic policy. Soros claimed that Germany was "isolated" in its austere…

Markets

New Home Sales Continue Parade Of Bad Housing Data

Edward Harrison Jun 23, 2010

Sales of new homes plunged a record 33% in May to a record-low after the expiration of the federal tax credit subsidy for home buyers expired. Sales were a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 300,000, the lowest since record-keeping…

News

On The Environmental Impact Of Gas Fracking And Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 23, 2010

Must-read News A Colossal Fracking Mess | Business | Vanity Fair The Burning Platform - Too Small To Matter The Usual Fare iTunes-Konkurrenz: Google will Musik über das Internet verkaufen - WELT ONLINE U.S., England Need…

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