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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 Austerity as the New Black and Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 7, 2010

Must read: Austerity is the new Black Cameron Warns Britons of 'Decades' of Austerity - NYTimes.com BBC News - Out with Keynes, in with Hoover? G-20 Clash Over Recovery Risks ’Sub-Potential’ Growth - Bloomberg.com FT.com -…

Markets

Contagion Spreading Yet Further To Core Euro Zone

Edward Harrison Jun 7, 2010

In a note to investors today, Win Thin of Brown Brothers Harriman noted that contagion has spread to core Europe with France now paying more for debt. France is coming under scrutiny, with one astute market contact noting that France…

Markets

Hussman on Bailouts of Poor Stewards of Capital

Edward Harrison Jun 7, 2010

This fairly well sums up my view: hen our policy makers insist on defending reckless lenders with public resources, we have to recognize that this is not free money. When the government issues a paper liability for real value, that real…

Economy

The cardio diet to deficit reduction – a modern fable

Edward Harrison Jun 6, 2010

Everybody in the west knows the fabled effectiveness of weight-loss dietary programs designed around intense cardiovascular regimes which burn huge amounts of calories. The people who work hard, doing as much cardio as possible lose weight.…

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Edward Chancellor on the Paradox of Public Thrift and Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 6, 2010

Must-read: The paradox of public thrift FT.com - Edward Chancellor - The dreadful potential of frugality The Usual Fare Black Flight is the New Worry for Detroit - WSJ.com Sieben Menschen: Staatsziel sparen - so fühlt sich…

News

Mark Thoma on the GSEs and the Zero Bound and Other Links

Edward Harrison Jun 5, 2010

Must Reads: Mark Thoma Economist's View: Things are Different at the Zero Bound Economist's View: It Wasn't Fannie, Freddie, or the CRA Bank Failures FDIC: Press Releases - Great Western Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota,…

Economy

Achuthan: Leading Indicators Point To Slowing Growth; Jobs Outlook Murky

Edward Harrison Jun 5, 2010

Lakshman Achuthan is a Managing Director at the Economic Cycle Research Institute. ECRI studies recessions and recoveries, forecasting economic and inflation cycle turns for all major market economies using a rigorous and objective…

Markets

Stat of the Day: Heat Maps of Stock and Asset Allocation Performance

Edward Harrison Jun 5, 2010

Courtesy of FinViz.com, these heat maps give you an idea of stock and asset allocation performance yesterday. Here are the same heat maps for the year-to-date:

Daily

A bad week in the markets; where are we headed next?

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2010

I'm going to make a change to the week in review post and talk a little bit about the week that was and how the posts from the past week fit into those events. This was a big week of posting and all of the links in this post are from the…

Markets

Stat of the day: Hungary joins list of sovereigns with highest default probability

Edward Harrison Jun 4, 2010

There is a lot more exposure to Italy, Ireland and Spain but we know that Thailand was the ultimate source of the Asian Crisis. These things have a way of metastasising – and we have already seen the strains in Spain and Greece. You could…

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