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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

Handelsblatt: Bilateral aid and EU aid to Greece off the table

Edward Harrison Feb 10, 2010

The EU is working feverishly to solve the Greek sovereign debt crisis. Yesterday, in an article in the German-language Financial Times Deutschland, CDU/CSU Bundestag Fraktionschef Michael Meister (the equivalent of Nancy Pelosi in America)…

Political Economy

Chandler: Uncertainty and contagion at work with Greece

Edward Harrison Feb 10, 2010

Marc Chandler had some good comments on the Greek debt crisis this morning. The main issues, he believes, are contagion and uncertainty, especially as it pertains to sovereign debt infecting the private sector and vice versa. He said:…

Economy

Obama: bank executives making millions "is part of the free-market system”

Edward Harrison Feb 10, 2010

President Obama made a couple of comments in an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek that, while potentially true, point yet again to someone out of touch with populist rage in America. It seems that Obama is still courting big…

News

Links: 2010-02-10 – Greece, Google and Germany

Edward Harrison Feb 10, 2010

I have read a number of accounts in European newspapers. I am surprised at how many of them simply parrot the Financial Times Deutschland article about Germany bailing out Greece – a line which was later denied by the Germans. Some…

Snowed in in Snowmaggedon: time lapse version

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

I have shovelled snow for three days straight now. We got over 20 inches (50 cm) on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday morning, I went out for a brief drive to the grocery store. I was astounded how badly the major roads were plowed. There were…

News

Links: 2010-02-09 – Greek debt, Brazilian bonds, Chinese currency and more

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

Greek banks' short-term funding options narrow | Reuters Huge Nexus One ETF Magically Shrinks As FCC Investigates - The Consumerist Berlin will Griechenland retten - FTD.de Unforced Error at Salon : CJR Anatomy of a Euromess - Paul…

Political Economy

The Germans will not bail out Greece

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

In my view, there is little chance the Germans are going to allow the EU to ride to the rescue of the Greeks. All of the bailout chatter does not really consider the domestic political constraints in Germany. First, a bit of quick…

Economy

Roach: "weak, anaemic, fragile, potential vulnerable to a double dip”

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

This is how Stephen Roach describes the economy despite the largest monetary and stimulus in global history. Below is a TV interview Roach recently did on CNBC TV-18 as a video in two parts with the linked transcript at the bottom. …

Markets

More from Chanos on the Chinese property bubble

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

Given my post on Jim Rogers’ doubting Chanos’ knowledge about China, I thought it appropriate to post the latest Chanos interview on the China property bubble. This call by Chanos is really setting us up for some seriously…

Economy

Colbert makes comedy of Sarah Palin at the Tea Party convention

Edward Harrison Feb 9, 2010

The money line comes right at the end.

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