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March 19, 2013
Europe
Cyprus: What’s Next?
It now appears that the Cypriot Parliament will reject the government’s amended plan for haircutting deposits. The revised proposal, which reportedly exempted depositors under €20,ooo, satisfies almo…
September 16, 2008
Financial Markets
It looks like the United States’ no bailout policy lasted all of two days
AIG’s bondholders got a huge break. That is an observation, not a criticism. The credit markets were not reacting well to Lehman’s bankruptcy filing. $85 billion is a lot of money. The terms…
March 16, 2008
China
The best investments China never made ….
CITIC -- according to Felix -- never closed on its investment in Bear. If I was a bit more skilled with blog formatting, I guess I should scratch Bear and write JP Morgan. Talk of a spectacular c…
August 5, 2007
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Taxing the kings of private equity like the rest of us
Cheers to the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Economist, Charlie Rangel, Robert Rubin, Alan Blinder, Paul Krugman, Warren Buffet (I think it is implied here), Bill Gross, Greg Mankiw (extr…
June 26, 2019
Religion
Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
C. D. Glin, Andrew Small, and Jen Spies evaluate equity, development, and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa, with Michelle D. Gavin moderating, as part of the 2019 CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Work…
