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May 16, 2013
International Organizations
Doing Business at the World Bank
A showdown is looming at the World Bank over whether to discontinue or water down the Bank’s annual "Doing Business" Report. As reported here, and blogged about here, and here, China is leading the …
December 8, 2020
Education
Higher Education Webinar: The Value of International Students
Esther Brimmer, executive director and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, leads a discussion on international student contributions to academic communities and the U.S. economy, an…
February 27, 2007
Financial Markets
The story changes … is volatility back?
I was gearing up to write about how volatility in the fx market had disappeared – something that Simon Derrick ably highlighted on Monday. Even though the yen is very, very weak against the currenc…
April 20, 2010
Financial Markets
More Money Than God
The first authoritative history of hedge funds; from their rebel beginnings to their role in defining the future of finance.
June 16, 2010
United States
"More Money than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite"
Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge-fund moguls have become the stars of twenty-first-century capitalism. Their weekend mansions are fodder for Vanity Fair photographers; their pot…
