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FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Why Obama’s new Tarp will fail to rescue the banks
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Published: February 10 2009 18:06 | Last updated: February 10 2009 18:06 op EDITOR’S CHOICE Lex: US bank bail-out - Feb-10 Editorial: Son of Tarp follows in father’s footsteps - Feb-10 Clive Crook: A package far from tied up - Feb-10 Video: Big bail-out bang whimpers - Feb-10 Economists’ forum  ...
FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Japan’s lessons for a world of balance-sheet deflation
ft.com - 2/17/2009
FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Japan’s lessons for a world of balance-sheet deflation
— ft.com — Pinn illustration What has Japan’s “lost decade” to teach us? Even a year ago, this seemed an absurd question. The general consensus of informed opinion was that the US, the UK and other heavily indebted western economies could not suffer as Japan had ... (more) FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Japan’s lessons for ...

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FT.com / Comment / Columnists / Martin Wolf
ft.com - 2/9/2009
FT.com / Comment / Columnists / Martin Wolf
— ft.com — Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”. Mr Wolf is an associate member of the governing ... (more) FT.com / Comment / Columnists / Martin Wolf

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Financial Times' Martin Wolf: Team Obama "Too Politically Frightened" to Admit US Banks Insolvent
nakedcapitalism.com - 2/10/2009
Financial Times' Martin Wolf: Team Obama "Too Politically Frightened" to Admit US Banks Insolvent
— nakedcapitalism.com — I've never seen Martin Wolf speak before, and he's refreshingly energetic and direct. Watch Part One here . And Part Two . (more) Financial Times' Martin Wolf: Team Obama "Too ...

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Global Economy Matters:  Staring into the Abyss

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Staring into the Abyss
Global Economy Matters — By Claus Vistesen: Copenhagen “If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Frederic Nietzsche “When you get that close to the abyss, you can always jump tomorrow.” - Unknown This beautiful Saturday morning in Copenhagen, I am reading the latest edition of the Economist and there are a couple of interesting bits and pieces I want to start with. First of all, the Economist runs a long piece on Irving Fischer and his debt-deflation theory. Since I am digging hard in the annals of economic history at the moment I find it a good read. Personally I am actually studying Fischer at the moment, not because of his debt-deflation theory, but because of his seminal work on the ...

Staring into the Abyss
Euro Watch — By Claus Vistesen: Copenhagen “If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Frederic Nietzsche “When you get that close to the abyss, you can always jump tomorrow.” - Unknown This beautiful Saturday morning in Copenhagen, I am reading the latest edition of the Economist and there are a couple of interesting bits and pieces I want to start with. First of all, the Economist runs a long piece on Irving Fischer and his debt-deflation theory. Since I am digging hard in the annals of economic history at the moment I find it a good read. Personally I am actually studying Fischer at the moment, not because of his debt-deflation theory, but because of his seminal work on the ...

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