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Microfinance

July 12th, 2010 by jwolinsky

By EcoFreak of  http://economicsoftheworld.blogspot.com/ Microfinance has been continuously cited as the most powerful tool to alleviate poverty, but has this tool been used to its full potential?. Microfinance has contributed significantly in reducing, if not eradicating poverty in many parts of the world. Its success stories are pretty impressive but, the question of whether microfinance [...]

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UK & US Banks: Profits Down while Staff Salaries Rise (Canadian Financial DIY, 6/28/10)
Richard Smith: Did We Wind Up With Any Reform of the Shadow Banking System? (naked capitalism, 6/28/10)
Guest Post: Money Advice by a Six Year Old (Canadian Financial DIY, 6/1/10)
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Should you have your eye on China?

June 8th, 2010 by jwolinsky

In the midst of a global recession that left many industrialized nations reeling and several near collapse, one nation seems to have sidestepped everything. China responded quickly with a large stimulus plan, and projections suggest that 2010 will yield a massive 8% growth in GDP. In 2008, China surpassed Japan as the largest holder of [...]

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Book Review: The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis

March 28th, 2010 by admin

Two great authors/thinkers recently released a book titled The Elements of Investing. The authors who co-wrote the book are Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis. Burton Malkiel is the author of the very famous and bestselling book A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Malkiel is also a professor of economics at Princeton University. Charles [...]

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My Interview With Joseph Tibman Former Senior Lehman Brothers Executive And Author Of The Murder Of Lehman Brothers

January 4th, 2010 by admin

I recently wrote a book review on The Murder of Lehman Brothers by Joseph Tibman. Mr Tibman was a senior investment banker at Lehman Brothers for 20 years and experienced the boom and collapse of the firm firsthand. Joseph Tibman is a pseudonym. Mr Tibman did not want to reveal his name and jeopardize his future [...]

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Financial Crisis Book Review: Fool's Gold by Gillian Tett

January 3rd, 2010 by admin

This book review is my fourth, in a series of reviews on the financial crisis. The three previous books I reviewed focused almost entirely on the events leading to the collapse of a specific investment bank. Two books focused on the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the other book focused on the collapse of Bear [...]

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