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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

Palin: Asia speech re-casts her as Libertarian and slams Obama on China

Edward Harrison Sep 23, 2009

Sarah Palin the populist has become Sarah Palin the free trader. In a wide-ranging and well-received speech in Hong Kong, Palin supported a more Libertarian free-market approach, slamming the recent imposition of tariffs on Chinese tires by…

News

News from around the web: 2009-09-23

Edward Harrison Sep 23, 2009

Boy dies of swine flu infection | The Japan Times Online The boy became the youngest, and 18th, fatal victim of the epidemic in Japan Robert Reich's Blog: Why the Dow is Hitting 10,000 Even When Consumers Can't Buy And Business Cries…

Markets

Faber: Gloom, Boom or Doom?

Edward Harrison Sep 22, 2009

How about all three. Faber released another provocative newsletter this month that has a little grist for investor of all stripes. Boom. His short-term outlook is bullish because he believes money-printing will underpin the market even…

Economy

The FDIC to get credit from banks even while banks restrict lending

Edward Harrison Sep 22, 2009

In the latest inexplicable move to extricate the U.S. banking system from crisis, the FDIC is reportedly close to asking the very banks it regulates for a loan to top up its balances. The plan is “strongly supported by bankers and their…

Political Economy

The origin of the U.S. dollar as legal tender and its link to Depression

Edward Harrison Sep 22, 2009

I have been very interested in the concept of legal tender of late because of the revelation this summer that the State of California was issuing I.O.U.’s to honour its debts instead of paying in U.S. Dollars, which are legal tender and…

News

News from around the web: 2009-09-22

Edward Harrison Sep 22, 2009

U.S. mortgage delinquencies set record | Reuters "High U.S. unemployment keeps pushing up the rate of mortgage delinquencies, which could in turn drive personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures, monthly data from the Equifax…

Markets

Bill Gross: Sell equities and buy Treasuries

Edward Harrison Sep 21, 2009

Bill Gross is a bond man. In fact, he is often called the “Bond King” because Pimco, the organization where he is founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer, is the largest bond fund in the world. In Bondland, what Gross says has a lot…

Political Economy

Obama to re-authorise three provisions of Patriot Act

Edward Harrison Sep 21, 2009

After the arrest of suspects based in Colorado and New York in an alleged 'varsity level’ terrorist plot, the spectre of terrorism in the United States has re-emerged as an issue, one that also has economic overtones because of the…

Monetary System

Steve Keen: On the Edge with Max Keiser

Edward Harrison Sep 21, 2009

Last week, I highlighted some of the ideas of Australian economist Steve Keen in my post, “Steve Keen and the spectre of terminal debt.” Keen is of the Minsky camp and he believes that an unsustainable debt bubble has build up in the…

News

News from around the web: 2009-09-21

Edward Harrison Sep 21, 2009

Google This: 5 Reasons to Switch to Bing "Here we’ll break down 5 awesome Bing-specific features that are really growing on us. From insightful information to help us better plan our trips to cashback on purchases, and a visually…

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