Thursday, 16 July 2009


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Commentary


by Doug Noland | Jul 9

Speculator: Policymaker Foe or Friend?

Commodities have taken it on the chin.  Is global reflation losing air?  Or has it been more a case of the speculators having had the rug pulled out from under them.Read more

The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | Jul 13

Too Big to Take Risks

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has proposed a new banking regulation regime under which very large "too big to fail" institutions should be compelled to carry more capital than smaller banks.

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Featured Commentary

by Satyajit Das | Jul 6

Ponzi Prosperity – Built-to-Fail Economic Models

Governments have limited resources to help with the current economic crisis; unfortunately, that’s not stopping them from trying. Their behavior — and the global financial collapse — calls into question social and political models based on growth fueled by high finance.

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Guest Commentary

by Stewart Dougherty | Jul 16

Six Syllables to a Savage Truth

On December 9, 2008, $65 billion of investor money was at peace.

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Quotable

“Policymakers already concerned about the relentless rise in global food inflation are facing more bad news in the shape of soaring soyabean prices. Soyabean prices have risen to their highest level in 34 years, boosted by strong Chinese demand and fears that current prices are not high enough to swing acreage from corn to soyabeans in the US… The price-jump threatens to resonate through the supply chain, boosting meat and poultry prices because soyabean is used largely for animal feed, analysts warned."

Financial Times, November 29, 2007