Russia looking to capitalise on the crunch
The Kremlin has been shaken by the credit crunch, which hit the Russian stock exchange worse than any other exchange in 2008, pushing it down around 65%. The fall in the oil price threatens to push the...
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- With the anniversary of Lehman Brother’s demise, the FT recalls the events of that fateful weekend last September. The NYT has reflections of three former Lehman employees, while a Guardian...
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- With the UK election campaign under way in all but name, the FT’s Martin Wolf explains why he doesn’t fear a hung parliament – arguing that it might be just what’s needed to achieve fiscal restraint....
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Separated at birth: Lehman Brothers, nukes
Great post from Nils Gilman on Small Precautions: In 2006 RAND staged a wargame to think through the implications of a nuclear terorr incident. They created a specific scenario – a tactical nuclear...
View Article10 things we missed or got wrong 5 years ago at the height of the credit...
This summer will mark five years since 2008, the year of both the first flush of the global financial crisis, and of the peak of the combined food and fuel spike. As David Steven and I have observed in...
View ArticleRussia looking to capitalise on the crunch
The Kremlin has been shaken by the credit crunch, which hit the Russian stock exchange worse than any other exchange in 2008, pushing it down around 65%. The fall in the oil price threatens to push the...
View ArticleOn the web: Lehman’s legacy, the Irish referendum on Lisbon, transatlantic...
– With the anniversary of Lehman Brother’s demise, the FT recalls the events of that fateful weekend last September. The NYT has reflections of three former Lehman employees, while a Guardian...
View ArticleOn the web: hung parliaments, Iran, the Euro’s plight, and the Queen as...
– With the UK election campaign under way in all but name, the FT’s Martin Wolf explains why he doesn’t fear a hung parliament – arguing that it might be just what’s needed to achieve fiscal restraint....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Separated at birth: Lehman Brothers, nukes
Great post from Nils Gilman on Small Precautions: In 2006 RAND staged a wargame to think through the implications of a nuclear terorr incident. They created a specific scenario – a tactical nuclear...
View Article10 things we missed or got wrong 5 years ago at the height of the credit...
This summer will mark five years since 2008, the year of both the first flush of the global financial crisis, and of the peak of the combined food and fuel spike. As David Steven and I have observed in...
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