by Chip Krakoff Nearly two years ago I wrote a blog post in which I argued that Africa’s enduring poverty is attributable in large part to its awful roads, which make it cost roughly three times more to move a shipping container by truck the 750 miles from Kampala, Uganda to Mombasa, Kenya, than...
by Chip Krakoff In a move bold and radical by the standards of Washington political gridlock, President Obama yesterday called for comprehensive tax reform. In so doing, he has given Congressional Republicans the rope with which they may choose to hang themselves. Everyone from Paul Krugman to Rush Limbaugh...
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Global Emerging Markets (GEMs)
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Charles Krakoff
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12-17-2010
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Filed under: Obama, Sweden, Denmark, GEMs, Bulgaria, Romania, Charles Krakoff, Vietnam, Czech, broaden, tax reform, Cuba, Cina, Poland, Slovakia, tax rates, tax base, Rush Limbaugh, Paul Krugman
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Chuck Butler
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07-07-2010
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Filed under: Australia, Currencies, Oil, China, Gold, Euro, Canada, Automotive Industry, Risk, Brazil, Paul Krugman
This week I offer two short essays for your reading pleasure in Outside the Box. The first is from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writing in the London Telegraph. He gives some more specifics about the situation in Europe I wrote about this weekend. He ends with the following sober quote: "My awful fear...
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John Mauldin's Outside the Box
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John Mauldin
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07-20-2009
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Filed under: Japan, GDP, Paul McCulley, Banks, Pimco, Europe, European Banks, Ben Bernanke, Paul Krugman, Britain, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Before we get into this week's Outside the Box, let me give you a few pieces of data that came across my desk this morning, which will help set the stage for the OTB offering. Fitch (the ratings agency), in a downgrade of yet another 543 mortgage-backed securities of 2005-07 vintage, gives us the...
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John Mauldin's Outside the Box
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John Mauldin
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06-15-2009
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Filed under: Housing, Japan, GDP, Recession, Household Wealth, Global Economy, Germany, Europe, Employment, Will Hutton, Paul Krugman, Fitch