LEHMAN BROS FINANCIAL PANIC TWO YEARS AFTER
2008 Black September, 15 – 2010 Gray September, 15
No consensus at all about the causes of the Great Recession and regarding a radical reform of the financialization regime to be done. Three analysts in a virtual round table around the globe, from Boston, to Dublin, to Singapore.
A conversation with Economics Editor Marc Coleman, from Dublin, Financial Consultant and author Peter Cohan, from Boston, and David Caploe, Chief Economy Editor from EconomyWatch in Singapore.
Cinzia Alcidi: “The blanket of guaranties required is too big for many countries”
Euro Zone Sovereign Debt Crisis: Part 2? – an interview with Cinzia Alcidi, Research Fellow from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), based in Brussels.
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Marc Coleman (from Dublin): “Indicators on the real economy moving forward, in contrast, are more hopeful”
Marc Coleman from Dublin comments on the Irish situation in the day yields for 10 years maturities reached a high and probability of default also. He claims an optimistic view about the middle and long-term forecast for Ireland. His motto: reporting the truth without dramatizing or misinterpreting it.
“Ireland is different [from other eurozone troubled countries] in long-term fundamentals” (Marc Coleman)
Putting in context today bad news, janelanaweb.com listened to Marc Coleman, Economics Editor, Presenter “Coleman at Large”, Newstalk 106-108fm, also Economics columnist with ‘The Sunday Independent’ and author of several books about the Irish economy.
The American “excepcionalism”: a default-proof superpower?
Criticizing deficit hysteria and debt-downsizing hawkery
A conversation with Yeva Nersisyan from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Peter Dorman from Evergreen State College
Interviews by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, August 2010
“The financialization of commodities has been the dominant factor“ (John Baffes)
Speculators rediscovered commodity markets. Prices are climbing again. The research of Dr. John Baffes, from the World Bank, unveils the factors behind the price movements in the last 30 years. A summary of the research and an interview with the author.
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Double-dip: a true risk for the second half of 2010 or it’s a speculators’ buzz?
We put the trillion question mark to 5 economists around the world and literally around the clock.
Interviews by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues ©janelanaweb.com, 2010
“Serial default is a surprisingly universal phenomenon, including the advanced economies” (Carmen Reinhart)
A conversation with Carmen Reinhart, professor of Economics, director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland and the co-author with Kenneth S. Rogoff of “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.”
Portuguese near-default crisis – a rountable in the “black week”
A virtual roundtable with 5 economists and financial analysts
Mark Thoma, professor, University of Oregon, USA
Peter Cohan, CEO Peter Cohan & Associates, Boston, USA
Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist, Cumberland Advisors, global financial company
David Caploe, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com, Singapore
Gary A. Dymski, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, USA
SEC vs. Goldman: A symbolic strike to press the fat cats (David Caploe)
David Caploe, editor of EconomyWatch, of Singapore, about the first civil action from American regulators against a Wall Stret deal evolving “synthetic” financial vehicles.