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How Much Credit Should We Have in the World?

March 9, 2010 – 11:12 am

Most of Wall Street’s rocket science is aimed at squeezing more credit out of the same amount of capital. It’s very, very clear that we overshot. We created more credit than we should have, in large part because the math we used underpredicted total risk.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Features, Markets & Policy | Also tagged Angela Merkel, CDS, Credit Default Swaps, Finance, Greece, Wall Street | Comments

A Fellow Named “Reagan” Should Have Been Thanked At The End As Well . . .

November 14, 2009 – 12:27 pm

But this footage is deeply moving and compelling, nonetheless:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Berlin, Berlin Wall, Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Ronald Reagan, The Fall Of Communism, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall | Comments

Prosperity and Capitalism After the Berlin Wall

November 11, 2009 – 9:44 am

The fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago this week sparked the beginning of Eastern Europe’s move towards myriad different forms of capitalism. It’s surprising how quickly the next generation has forgotten the depths of communism, and for many of these countries, it’s incredible to see how far they’ve come in twenty years.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Berlin Wall, Capitalism, Communism, Prosperity, Soviet Union | Comments

The Fall Of The Wall, And The Non-Presence Of The American President

November 9, 2009 – 10:05 pm

I write about the subject in my latest column for the New Ledger.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Communism, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, Friedrich Hayek, Obama Administration, Ronald Reagan, The Fall Of Communism, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall | Comments

Berlin and the Case of the Missing President

November 9, 2009 – 8:13 am

After all his talk of outreach on the global stage, the President’s failure to attend the celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is of a piece with his refusal to use the power of the Presidency to advance political liberties around the world.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, anniversary, Barack Obama, Berlin Wall, Dalai Lama, Iran, realist, Ronald Reagan | Comments

The New Governing Coalition In Germany

October 3, 2009 – 12:37 pm

Michael Moynihan gives us an overview in light of the recent German elections that allowed Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats to give the Social Democrats the boot, and ally themselves in a right-of-center government with the significantly more libertarian Free Democrats.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Christian Democrats, economy, Foreign Affairs, Free Democrats, free markets, Michael Moynihan, tax cuts | Comments

Summit of Illusions: Obama Heads to G-20

April 1, 2009 – 12:54 am

As of this moment, Europe is not confronting reality. In fact, much like the United States, it is doubling down on failure. If the world’s leaders at G-20 want a genuinely successful summit, they will have to start by confronting their own illusions about what made the summit necessary in the first place.

By Ted Bromund | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, China, G-20, G20, Gordon Brown, Michelle Obama, Summit, UK | Comments

A Perfectly Good Reason to Destroy the Global Economy

March 31, 2009 – 2:21 pm

Ezra Klein is saying that the New York Times is saying that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is saying that she actually has a good reason for wanting to destroy the global economy.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Blogs, Markets & Policy | Also tagged Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, European Central Bank, Ezra Klein, G20, New York Times | Comments

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