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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: 2010-01-27

Edward Harrison Jan 27, 2010

I will be out this morning, but look for me on Canada's Business News Network at 10:30 where I will be interviewed regarding AIG amongst other things. Expect more posts in the afternoon. GMO's Jeremy Grantham Calls a Stock Bubble –…

Monetary System

What President Obama can do to improve the economy

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

I re-posted my April 2009 post, “Barack Obama as Herbert Hoover” in response to the recent deficit reduction gimmick offered up by the Obama Administration and Marshall’s similarly titled “Barack Hoover Obama.” The point of my post…

Economy

Case Shiller: Only five housing markets in twenty show price increase

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

When I wrote about house prices six months ago, I said: house prices are bottoming because we have seen a trend in year-on-year changes from January through May that looks likely to continue into the present day. If this trend (of…

News

Credit Writedowns welcomes Edward Hugh and Claus Vistesen

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

As 2009 came to a close, it was obvious to me that the writing at Credit Writedowns had taken a decidedly American-centric tilt despite our experience outside of North America. This is not something I am happy about because Marshall…

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Links: 2010-01-26

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

Obama Liquidates Himself – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com Michael Hudson: State of the Union Junk Economics, 2010: How Much More Debt Recovery can the Economy Take? Michael Hudson: State of the Union Rhetoric, 2010: Part II…

Markets

Bill Gross and the deficit ring of fire

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

Bill Gross is out with his latest monthly investment outlook. He is taking on the issue of sovereign debt. This is an issue that has moved center stage, especially in the wake of the surprise Thanksgiving debt moratorium announcement in…

Economy

Triangulating on deficit reduction, 2010 version

Edward Harrison Jan 26, 2010

As I indicated in my post Grading Obama’s economic policy after one year, I see the President as a triangulating center-left politician of the Bill Clinton variety. The reason we have seen public policy which has been favorable to big…

15 years on: the Cantona Kung-Fu kick seen round the world

Edward Harrison Jan 25, 2010

If you want to get abstract, try this pic: See also 1995: Cantona banned over attack on fan – On This Day – BBC News Wow, it’s hard to believe that was 15 years ago. When the seagulls follow the trawler,…

Markets

Chanos: “We’re not calling for an impending crash of China”

Edward Harrison Jan 25, 2010

Jim Chanos was on CNBC talking about, amongst other things, China. And while he is bearish on China, the quote that jumped out at me was the one in the title. He is bearish on China because of an unprecedented credit-induced bubble…

Economy

Rationalizing cover-ups and AIG bailouts at the Fed

Edward Harrison Jan 25, 2010

This comes from Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review: Whatever Tim Geithner’s New York Fed was trying to hide in the AIG backdoor bailout was so volatile it was deemed worthy of national-security-like classification, and the…

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