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Willem Buiter's Maverecon - Remembering Eddie George Willem Buiter recounts some personal tales from the late Bank of Egland Governor's life. Fujitsu’s Self-Desctructing USB Drive for Leak-Proof Secrets » My Digital Life This is…

This post was an April Fool's joke. We all know this is not going to happen anytime soon.

Commerzbank reveals toxic assets - BBC News Obviously, there are more writedowns to come. What does this say about what's on Deutsche's books? or UBS? MGM Mirage’s City Center Hires Bankruptcy Counsel - Deal Book Fear and Greed -…

Here are the main links. A ton more can be found in the news feed (also available via RSS). Enjoy. Dear A.I.G., I Quit - Paul Kedrosky The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government - Alice Cook This video is good. U.S.…

Marshall Auerback here. Unlike Ed, I like to call a spade a spade regarding the Obama Administration's economic gurus. The more they screw up, the greater the number and depth of the crises, the greater the responsibility/ power Obama…

Americans Would Be Lucky to Mimic 1990s Japan: William Pesek - Bloomberg.com Will Germany deliver on the Faustian bargain that created monetary union? - Telegraph U.S. economy seen starting recovery in second half of '09: poll | Reuters…

If you recall, a few months ago there was a lot of speculation in Washington about Paul Volcker being named a 'car czar' to deal with the problem with the Big Three automakers. That idea has fallen by the wayside. President Obama has named…

The title of this post is fairly provocative and categorical. This is by design. For I see Obama's banking plan as more of the same -- not 'change we can believe in.' And we all need to be clear about the need for Obama and his team to…

A condition of conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's duty as regulator and one's actions

We are barely two weeks into Barack Obama's tenure and reports are surfacing everywhere that his "team of rivals" is at each other's throat. President Obama had said just after the election that he was looking to pull together the best and…