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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

Hyperinflation, national bankruptcy, dollar crash and other exaggerations

Edward Harrison Oct 14, 2009

Earlier today I wrote a post featuring comments by Marc Faber as I like to do from time to time. In this particular case Dr. Faber was waxing prosaically about an eventual bankruptcy of the U.S. government. His money quote was:…

Business

Android gaining momentum on Apple’s iPhone

Edward Harrison Oct 14, 2009

I recently switched from a Windows Mobile telephone to an Android-based mobile phone. When I was making the switch, I had to decide whether I was going with the iPhone, which my wife uses. or to run with Blackberry or Android, a…

Markets

Marc Faber: “U.S. dollar weakness is a symptom of inflation in the system”

Edward Harrison Oct 14, 2009

Below are two videos from Marc Faber’s recent interview on Asia Confidential. In it, he takes questions from user emailsregarding the U.S. dollar, economic decline in the U.S. and gold as an investment. He sees a need for the U.S. to…

News

News from around the web: 2009-10-14

Edward Harrison Oct 14, 2009

Easter Island: Rapa Nui déjà vu | The Economist Too many tourists like in Machu Pichu As Facebook Nears 100M U.S. Visitors, Twitter Falls Further Behind In The Rear-View Mirror Is Facebook winning? I am skeptical. Kunden räumen…

Business

Pete Cashmore of Mashable on Bloomberg News

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

Pete Cashmore launched a blog called Mashable from his home in Scotland in 2005. You may have seen the articles from the site in the links from time to time. Well, this happens to be the number 1 social media-focused blog on the…

Economy

Roger Bootle on banking: “they’re not competitive markets”

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

Roger Bootle sat down with the Telegraph and ran through a few themesregarding the stock market, the financial crisis, government debt, currencies and compensation in the financial sector. He has a lot to say, in particular on banks,…

News

News from around the web: 2009-10-13

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

You Know You’re A Cool Geek When…. Are you a geek? C'mon. you know you are. FT Alphaville- Mystery Meredith Whitney Goldman downgrade - update It's price: my rationale as well Gold price hits fresh high Silver above 15-month…

Economy

On Meredith Whitney’s Goldman downgrade

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

Meredith Whitney downgraded Goldman Sachs from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ today. Previously, Goldman had been her only buy recommended stock, all of the others rated neutral or ‘sell.’ Why did she do it? FT Alphaville has the answer:…

Economy

Obama: The one phrase he just can’t stop using

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

Markets

Currencies pegged to the dollar under pressure to drop peg

Edward Harrison Oct 13, 2009

There is an enormous dichotomy in foreign exchange markets that has wide-ranging implications for the global economy. In Europe, most currencies float freely against the U.S. dollar. In Asia and the Mideast, most do not. What this…

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