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Edward Harrison is the founder of Credit Writedowns and a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He has also been a regular economic and financial commentator in print and on television for the past decade. 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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Bio: Edward Harrison

Edward Harrison
Edward I am a former European credit markets and M&A guy who started out as a diplomat. -- so I have some pretty diverse interests. The official line is that I am a banking and finance specialist at the economic consultancy Global…
Economy

War in Iran: Is it inevitable?

Edward Harrison
Earlier today in the news, it was revealed that our top man in the military in the Middle East, William J. Fallon has asked to retire and resign from his post (see story)This story may seem innocuous and of little to no consequence at a…

The US Economy 2008

Edward Harrison
This blog entry is an updated version of something I wrote way back in 2004. I wrote 90% of this 4 years ago when housing prices were much lower. The fact that I can re-publish this today, largely unchanged, demonstrates how the housing…

Recession: How Long and How Deep?

Edward Harrison
We are already in recession by most accounts as I said on this blog yesterday. But, today I went back and looked at some of the historical employment data to see what the data said about Employment and recessions. What I was able to find…

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