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21
May

How to Fix Banking

By Greg McKenna, aka Deus Forex Machina. He is the CEO of Lighthouse Securities and has spent past two decades in financial markets in a number of senior roles including Head of Currency Strategy at the NAB and Westpac. Cross posted from MacroBusiness

Lambert here. This article skilfully integrates ...

21
May

How to Fix Banking

By Greg McKenna, aka Deus Forex Machina. He is the CEO of Lighthouse Securities and has spent past two decades in financial markets in a number of senior roles including Head of Currency Strategy at the NAB and Westpac. Cross posted from MacroBusiness

Lambert here. This article skilfully integrates ...

20
May

New Jersey solar installers seek “Endless Summer” at ratepayer expense

Michael Giberson

A crisis is coming for the New Jersey solar power installation industry. Stringent solar power purchase requirements imposed on electric utilities (i.e. on electric utility ratepayers) has turned the state into the nation’s second largest for solar power capacity installed, be...

20
May

The reshoring of U.S. (and Mexican) manufacturing

Some 65 per cent of the senior executives questioned by Accenture said they had moved their manufacturing operations in the past 24 months, with two-fifths saying the facilities had been relocated to the US. China was the second destination for relocated factories, with 28 per cent, followed by Mex...

20
May

The reshoring of U.S. (and Mexican) manufacturing

Some 65 per cent of the senior executives questioned by Accenture said they had moved their manufacturing operations in the past 24 months, with two-fifths saying the facilities had been relocated to the US. China was the second destination for relocated factories, with 28 per cent, followed by Mex...

20
May

Is the Reliability of Public Opinion Surveys Declining?

Public opinion surveys provide a wealth of information about beliefs in America and around the world. For example, they document how much public approval for same-sex marriage has been increasing, how Facebook has infiltrated many of our daily lives, and how…

20
May

Is the Reliability of Public Opinion Surveys Declining?

Public opinion surveys provide a wealth of information about beliefs in America and around the world. For example, they document how much public approval for same-sex marriage has been increasing, how Facebook has infiltrated many of our daily lives, and how…

20
May

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20
May

shortorlong: want to avoid a heart attack? eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans plus avoid all oils http://t.co/5BvvpCav

shortorlong: want to avoid a heart attack? eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans plus avoid all oils http://t.co/5BvvpCav…

20
May

Comment on An illustrative budgetary scenario for 2016-2020 by Peter

It seems to me that the outcome of present events is likely to be some relaxation on the importance of inflation and quantitative easing type interventions. So a nominal GDP growth of 3.5% only implies inflation of 2.5% and 1% real growth, which is hardly impossible….

20
May

Comment on An illustrative budgetary scenario for 2016-2020 by Peter

It seems to me that the outcome of present events is likely to be some relaxation on the importance of inflation and quantitative easing type interventions. So a nominal GDP growth of 3.5% only implies inflation of 2.5% and 1% real growth, which is hardly impossible….

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by DOCM

@ AllWolfgang Munchau echoing the views of Gavyn Davies. Great minds, as the saying goes, think alike. Of course, one of the paradoxes of a bank run, if I am not mistaken, is that talking about it tends to make it more likely. But there has to be a root cause…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by DOCM

@ AllWolfgang Munchau echoing the views of Gavyn Davies. Great minds, as the saying goes, think alike. Of course, one of the paradoxes of a bank run, if I am not mistaken, is that talking about it tends to make it more likely. But there has to be a root cause…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Colm Brazel

@ finfacts“falling for their own propaganda” interesting point. There were few who withstood the propaganda, as you point out. Apparently, we also had many academic poltroons in Ireland, who fell for the same propaganda and became believers, the…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Colm Brazel

@ finfacts“falling for their own propaganda” interesting point. There were few who withstood the propaganda, as you point out. Apparently, we also had many academic poltroons in Ireland, who fell for the same propaganda and became believers, the…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Tullmcadoo

JC, Perhaps the GS tenants should get a better negotiator….

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Tullmcadoo

JC, Perhaps the GS tenants should get a better negotiator….

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Mark

add ‘is absent’ to the end of that 1st paragraph. And correct ‘exposition’.Elsewhere, the Tinaiste has said the need for a 2nd bailout is linked with the referendum result. (I take it we probably agree on at least one of the things that’s…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by Mark

add ‘is absent’ to the end of that 1st paragraph. And correct ‘exposition’.Elsewhere, the Tinaiste has said the need for a 2nd bailout is linked with the referendum result. (I take it we probably agree on at least one of the things that’s…

20
May

Comment on What the weaker euro zone countries could do for Greece by John Corcoran

@Tulln the 15th November 2011 the Grafton Street tenants notified the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Union(ref no.2011/121371) and the Irish government,of a cartel in the Irish commercial property market. This cartel had imposed on all…