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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.

Economy

The TARP slush fund debate

Edward Harrison Dec 10, 2009

Paul Krugman and Bruce Bartlett debated on PBS whether President Obama should divert money from the TARP program to a jobs program to combat high unemployment (Hat tip Mark Thoma). Here is the video and a transcript of part of the…

Jon Stewart says Gretchen Carlson is dumbing herself down for Fox

Edward Harrison Dec 9, 2009

Jon Stewart claims "Gretchen Carlson dumbs herself down to connect with an audience who sees intellect as an elitist flaw."

Political Economy

Buiter: “It’s Five Minutes to Midnight for Greece”

Edward Harrison Dec 9, 2009

This December 2009 post is a reminder of the issues at stake with Greece. It is not credible for the EU to lend psychological and political support given the debt loads now burdening the Greek government. More is needed, either financial…

Political Economy

Video: Elizabeth Warren says R.I.P. to TARP

Edward Harrison Dec 9, 2009

Hat Tip Tim Iacono

News

News from around the web: 2009-12-09

Edward Harrison Dec 9, 2009

Dolphin Browser Android App Review by AndroidTapp.com Honesty and Ethics Poll Finds Congress Image Tarnished – Gallup (Nurses get high billing. HMO managers and car dealers get low rankings.) Fool Me Twice - Patrick J. Buchanan…

News

Financial News: 2009-12-09

Edward Harrison Dec 9, 2009

James Montiers Reading List - World Beta (Hat tip Tracy Alloway) Santa's not so little helper: Today's the busiest online shopping day of the year. So are they ready at the biggest grotto this side of Lapland? | Mail Online (Great…

News

Japan’s growth embarrassingly revised down by 3.5%

Edward Harrison Dec 8, 2009

A friend Scott caught this article on Bloomberg about the latest economic figures out of Japan: Japan’s economy expanded less than a third of the pace initially reported in the three months to September as companies slashed spending.…

Economy

Meredith Whitney: The government is "out of bullets"

Edward Harrison Dec 8, 2009

I am not sure I buy Meredith Whitney's assertion that the government is “out of bullets” in its quest to prop up the economy. It’s a matter of political will more than anything else. Nevertheless, I do agree with her basic premise in the…

Economy

Expect continued losses from Nordic bank exposure outside home market

Edward Harrison Dec 8, 2009

Moody’s anticipates continued losses at Danske Bank, SEB, and Swedbank due to large exposure outside of the Nordic markets. In particular, exposure in the Baltics is likely to lead to continued writedowns for Nordic banking…

Economy

Andy Xie on China, money and asset bubbles

Edward Harrison Dec 8, 2009

I mentioned comments by former Morgan Stanley economist Andy Xie on reckless monetary policy earlier today. Below are interviews Xie gave with the Financial Times in Shanghai back in September which give a more comprehensive look at his…

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