Comments for C E I - Coyuntura Económica Internacional http://juanpablofernandez.wordpress.com Coyuntura economica y financiera internacional Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Lest We Forget (por miedo a olvidar) by euandus http://juanpablofernandez.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/lest-we-forget-por-miedo-a-olvidar/#comment-142 euandus Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:00:19 +0000 http://juanpablofernandez.wordpress.com/?p=408#comment-142 Consider the presumptuousness in the banking lobby involving itself and insisting that its interests be served in Congress as it fashions financial regulatory reform. That they are in any position to be part of that process is beyond at least John Galbraith. If you are interested, here is my post: http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/the-banking-lobby-on-the-presumptuousness-of-pushiness/ Consider the presumptuousness in the banking lobby involving itself and insisting that its interests be served in Congress as it fashions financial regulatory reform. That they are in any position to be part of that process is beyond at least John Galbraith. If you are interested, here is my post: http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/the-banking-lobby-on-the-presumptuousness-of-pushiness/

]]> Comment on Are AAA ratings bad for firms’ health? by Mark T. Market http://juanpablofernandez.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/are-aaa-ratings-bad-for-firms%e2%80%99-health/#comment-79 Mark T. Market Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:17:40 +0000 http://juanpablofernandez.wordpress.com/?p=657#comment-79 Nassim Taleb <a href="http://thecriticalthinker.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/banks-moral-hazards/" rel="nofollow">spoke out in Davos</a> about banks and the moral hazard of bailouts. He and Nouriel Roubini were <a href="http://thecriticalthinker.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/dr-doom-black-swan/" rel="nofollow">both interviewed at CNBC recently</a>, but soundbite journalists are incapable of handling their views sadly. Zimbabwe citizens know very well <a href="http://thecriticalthinker.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/zimbabwe-hyperinflation/" rel="nofollow">what kinds of horrors hyperinflation can bring</a>, but this kind of phenomenon is considered remote from occuring elsewhere. Glenn Beck's <a href="http://thecriticalthinker.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/hockeystick-inflation/" rel="nofollow">hockey stick</a> makes me think again. Nassim Taleb spoke out in Davos about banks and the moral hazard of bailouts.

He and Nouriel Roubini were both interviewed at CNBC recently, but soundbite journalists are incapable of handling their views sadly.

Zimbabwe citizens know very well what kinds of horrors hyperinflation can bring, but this kind of phenomenon is considered remote from occuring elsewhere.

Glenn Beck’s hockey stick makes me think again.

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