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- Goldman Sachs Concedes Existence of Too Big to Fail huff.to/19JnEXV via @HuffPostBiz; just add some GS history to their own numbers 1 day ago
- New column: Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm bloom.bg/15O4Ou5 via @BloombergView; this seems likely to happen, again 1 week ago
- IMF Greece Report Was Flawed. EU Did Even Worse. bloom.bg/193vyLk via @BloombergView; governance at IMF needs serious reform 1 week ago
- Via @nprnews: IMF vs. European Commission: Duel Over Financial Crisis n.pr/13eilJl; how the eurozone leadership damaged Greece 1 week ago
- "nonfiction masterpiece" by George Packer, nyti.ms/12gon0V; how "banks have become unchecked and unholy forces in American life" 2 weeks ago
- Mark Whitehouse pulls apart Too-Big-to-Fail Myths, Goldman Sachs Edition bloom.bg/18wQSpX; the complete denial line does not convince 3 weeks ago
- Economist Debates: Big banks - Should big banks be broken up? econ.st/18GJnh3; 21 hours left to vote, 82% in favor at this point 3 weeks ago
- Bart Naylor has all the right questions on "too big to jail", citizenvox.org/2013/05/21/too…; is everybody confused about the policy already? 3 weeks ago
- Economist Debates on big banks: econ.st/18GJnh3; voting currently 82 percent in favor of breaking up biggest banks - vote now 4 weeks ago
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- I updated this morning's post on @anatadmati with a section on debt overhang and banks not wanting to raise capital. wp.me/pkTuk-2Ly 1 day ago
- A friend points me to the most brilliant use of Excel ever: spoon-tamago.com/2013/05/28/tat… 6 days ago
- Shareholders like big banks because they benefit from implicit subsides (a point made by Bebchuk & Fried) propublica.org/thetrade/item/… @propublica 2 weeks ago
- RT @baselinescene: Economist Debates on big banks: econ.st/18GJnh3; currently 82 percent for breaking up biggest banks - vote now 4 weeks ago
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Warren Buffett And The G20
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews, talking about the data they will need to look at in order to monitor each other’s economic performance and sustain growth (seriously).
The underlying idea is that if you talk long enough about the US current account deficit and the Chinese surplus, stuff happens and the imbalances will take care of themselves – or move on to take another form.
Warren Buffett seems to agree. Continue reading →
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