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The short story on China

Jim Chanos, Kynikos Associates founder & CEO, offers insight on China’s economy. “I think they’re still trying desperately to cool the property sector,” he says. Here is the direct link.

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Pimco’s El-Erian: “Augusta’s rallying cry”

My piece this week on the exclusion of IBM CEO Ginny Rometty from the traditional invite to membership at Augusta golf course as a corporate sponsor for the Masters (because she has a uterus), brought a flurry of some of … Continue reading →

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Finance and the good society

In his latest book, Finance and the Good Society, Yale Professor Robert Shiller argues that a healthy financial sector is key to a strong and productive democracy. But morality and good regulation are key to success: “we don’t want the … Continue reading →

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