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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.

Monetary System

It’s the debt, stupid

Edward Harrison
Note from June 2010: You'll forgive me if I have conflated private and public sector debt below as if they are the same. They are not. When I speak of deficit spending in the same voice as private sector debts, I really point to deficits to…
Markets

The dollar collapses

Edward Harrison
The dollar has suffered a spectacular collapse against the Euro, Swiss Franc, Gold and Silver as investors flee U.S. Assets in the wake of the spectacular collapse of one of Wall Street's largest companies, Bear Stearns. The Swiss Franc…
Bronze

Bear Stearns collapses

Edward Harrison
The credit bubble has claimed its first major finance company: Bear Stearns. The venerable firm, which traded as high as $160 in 2007 and was trading above $60 just last week, was bought for a mere $2 per share by rival JP Morgan Chase and…
News

Economic News Round-Up

Edward Harrison
Economic News Round-upI am off to the beach for a week, so I thought I would highlight a few stories that I have found particularly interesting as opposed to writing anything of substance today.JP Morgan Chase, Fed Funding Bear Stearns -…
Blogs

About Credit Writedowns

Edward Harrison
Credit Writedowns (www.creditwritedowns.com) is a news and opinion site dedicated to bringing a well-informed view of finance, economics, markets and all relevant global events into the global mainstream consciousness. The site started in…
Blogs

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…

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