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Even in August, while nearly all of Europe is on vacation, we find that economies don't get to take vacation. Europe will come back from its holiday and find that nothing has improved and some things have gotten worse. Specifically, Germany looks to be rolling over into recession. In this week's...
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Draco, the seventh-century BC Athenian legislator from whom we get the word “draconian” replaced the system of blood feud and oral law with a harsh, but transparent, written legal code. One of the provisions of Draco’s code was that any debtor whose status was lower than that of his...
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Global Emerging Markets (GEMs)
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Charles Krakoff
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03-05-2012
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Filed under: Germany, unemployment, GEMs, Greece, euro, Greek, Charles Krakoff, Eurozone, keynes, reparations, International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, debt crisis, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, European Commission, draconian, troika, Elena Panaritis, Draco
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What do the “Big Fitz,” the largest ship ever to sail the Great Lakes, and the Eurozone have in common? Hint: the former sank without a trace. Or, as Grant Williams so eloquently puts it, in his Things That Make You Go Hmmm… for Nov. 13 (this week’s Outside the Box), “One...
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........But first a word from our sponsor....... Strike while the metal's hot and the market risk none Growing demand for gold, silver and platinum attracts many of today's leading investors. Is fear of market volatility and high costs keeping you from adding precious metals to your portfolio...
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This week I thought I would give you an Outside the Box with a more European flavor, as I am in Tuscany at the moment and on to Paris later this week and then back here for a working weekend with partners. Life is tough. :-) Dylan Grice of Societe Generale (based in London) is fast becoming one of my...
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.......But first a word from our sponsor....... Strike while the metal's hot and the market risk none Growing demand for gold, silver and platinum attracts many of today's leading investors. Is fear of market volatility and high costs keeping you from adding precious metals to your portfolio...
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The cause célèbre these days is the potential reconstitution of the eurozone: ie, Germany leaving it, or Greece getting kicked out. To look a little deeper, today I'm sending you STRATFOR's take on these two scenarios. STRATFOR explores the geography of the continent and the historical context...
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With the establishment of the euro in the 1990s, speculation was abundant on how things would play out. In the last fews months we've seen that cheap credit for the Club Med countries came at a price, and now it's time to look at who will come out on top after the current economic crisis. There...
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While the US was focused on the health care drama over the weekend, over across the pond events are rapidly deteriorating in euro land. For this week's Outside the Box I offer two columns, one from the Financial Times and another from the London Telegraph. Both describe the problems that the eurozone...
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.........But First, A Word From Our Sponsor.......... Countries poised to benefit from rising commodity prices: combined into one CD That's the Global Power ShiftSM Basket CD from EverBank®. In one CD, get the currencies of 4 countries rich in natural resources-and whose economies may benefit from...
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Today I am sitting listening to Ralph Merkle lecture on nanotechnology, part of a 9-day-long series of lectures on how accelerating change in technologies of all types will affect our world. 15-hour days and intense discussions are stretching my brain, but I still have to make sure you get your Outside...
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Germany, Greece, and Spain Two Views on the Euro The Pain in Spain How Much Is Too Much? Tampa, Austin, and California Last week we talked about Greece. But the problems are more than just Greece. We look at two very different views of the euro, and then opposing thoughts on Spain. Is Spain a problem...
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Daily Pfennig
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Chuck Butler
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11-13-2009
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Filed under: Employment, China, Gold, Euro, Consumer Confidence, Norwegian Krone, GDP, Eurozone, Germany, Risk Aversion, Budget Deficit
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