Iran’s Death Spiral – II
My October 2009 Globe Asia column was titled “Iran’s Death Spiral.” In light of the recent events that have transpired …
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Panic in Persia as Hyperinflation Hits Iran
For decades, the Iranian economy has been cobbled together by religious-bureaucratic regimes that have employed mandates, regulations, price controls, subsidies …
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An Age of Illusionists
Watching Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duel in the presidential campaign should have convinced the spectators that we live in …
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The Perils of Deleveraging
Last Thursday, Mervyn King, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England, called for yet another round of recapitalization of …
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Basel’s Capital Curse
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the oracles of money and banking have been beating the drums for “recapitalization” …
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Rethinking Conventional Wisdom: A Monetary Tour d’Horizon for 2013
The year 2012 has come and gone, and so have many things that were once accepted as conventional wisdom. Let’s …
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