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мар'16

Confusion over Confusion

On August 29th, I penned “Lagarde Confused, Again.” In it, I argued that Christine Lagarde, the new managing director of …

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24

мар'16

More Confusion, Now From the F.T.

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial endorsed IMF managing director Christine Lagarde’s call to recapitalize Europe’s banks.  Today, the Financial …

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24

мар'16

Three Strikes and You’re Out

When the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the New York Times agree on the merits of a policy, …

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24

мар'16

Ackermann and Dimon 1; Bernanke and Geithner 0

My last blog on bank capital requirements concluded that the push to implement Basel III, which mandates increases in bank …

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24

мар'16

Sargent’s Sharp Pencil

Today, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that it had awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to …

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24

мар'16

Private Equity, A Capitalist Bane?

Motivated by Newt Gingrich’s assertions – which cast a cloud over private equity operations by characterizing Mitt Romney as a …

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