Monthly Archives: August 2011

Global recession begins and ends with the US consumer

Stephen Roach, the non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, on why the US consumer is not able to lift the global economy.

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Bank stocks: 1930’s redux

Over the past 30 years, banks went from being a utility in service of entrepreneurs and the greater economy to being drug dealers manufacturing credit and leverage to feed the endless aspirations of governments and consumers. Not to mention the drug … Continue reading

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Gloria Steinem on Charlie Rose

This week HBO ran a new documentary on the life and work of equality activist Gloria Steinem:  Gloria: In her own words. Last week she sat down for 24 minutes with Charlie Rose on a broad range of topics. I thought it … Continue reading

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