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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

Too big to rescue

Edward Harrison
After Iceland collapsed and went into Depression, there were a number of reports in the press regarding countries with outsized financial sectors. The worry was that the collapse of Iceland was not an isolated incident, but rather a…
News

Links: 2009-02-15

Edward Harrison
Burris Says Was Asked to Raise Funds for Blagojevich - Bloomberg.com Just how big are the UK banks - UK Bubble (Alice Cook is all over this one -- and it's not just about RBS. Thanks for the link, Alice.) Royal Bank of Scotland paid…
Economy

How do the Presidents rank?

Edward Harrison
C-Span ranks the former Presidents: Honest Abe gets top billing, follwed by Washington, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt and Truman. How did the George Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan do? Click the link to find out.
Economy

Three views of the global economy

Edward Harrison
Today's Globe & Mail does an excellent job of presenting the three different potential outcomes for the global economy, one optimistic, one pessimistic and a third somewhere in between. Below are the key snippets of their article…
Economy

The top 25 European banks by assets

Edward Harrison
Just a few hours ago, I posted an article about European toxic asset exposure based on a Telegraph article.  The crux of the Telegraph piece was that European banks have a shed load of bad debt on their books.  A secret European Commission…
Economy

The bullish argument for China

Edward Harrison
Despite having made a number of bearish comments regarding China and its near-term outlook, I am a long-term China bull. Even over the short-term, China's willingess to fund long-term infrastructure projects will serve as a buffer against…

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