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Joseph E. Stiglitz Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Sun 2010-10-10 11:56 EDT

The Federal Reserve's Relevance Test - Project Syndicate

...as investors look outside the US for higher yield, the flood of money out of the dollar has bid up exchange rates in emerging markets around the world. Emerging markets know this, and are upset -- Brazil has vehemently expressed its concerns -- not only about the increased value of their currency, but that the influx of money risks fueling asset bubbles or triggering inflation. The normal response of emerging-market central banks to bubbles or inflation would be to raise interest rates -- thereby increasing their currencies' value still more. US policy is thus delivering a double whammy on competitive devaluation -- weakening the dollar and forcing competitors to strengthen their currencies...

Federal Reserve's Relevance Test; Project Syndicate.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Fri 2010-01-29 16:28 EST

'Freefall' Excerpt: Too Late To Fix The Biggest Banking Blunder In History?

Reprinted from Freefall by Joseph Stiglitz. Copyright (c) 2010 by Joseph E. Stiglitz. Used with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. The entire series of efforts to rescue the banking system were so flawed, partly because those who were somewhat responsible for the mess--as advocates of deregulation, as failed regulators, or as investment bankers--were put in charge of the repair...

Biggest Banking Blunder; com; excerpts; Fix; freefall; full Feeds; History; HuffingtonPost; lately.

Thu 2009-01-15 00:00 EST

Joseph E. Stiglitz on capitalist fools: About Us: vanityfair.com

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Capitalist Fools, vanityfair.com; key mistakes and delusions over two decades of economic missteps

Capitalist Fools; com; Joseph E. Stiglitz; vanityfair.

Thu 2009-01-15 00:00 EST

Jesse's Café Américain: Five Critical Decisions Leading to Our Financial Crisis: Joe Stiglitz Presents His Analysis

Jesse's Café Américain: Five Critical Decisions Leading to Our Financial Crisis: Joe Stiglitz Presents His Analysis; Joseph E. Stiglitz

Analysis; Critical Decisions Leading; Financial Crisis; Jesse's Café Américain; Joe Stiglitz Presents.

Wed 2007-11-21 00:00 EST

Stabroek News

Financial Hypocrisy, by Joseph E. Stiglitz; "capital market liberalization brings instability, but not necessarily growth"; "while the current system may lead to unnecessary instability, and impose huge costs on developing countries, it serves some interests well"

Stabroek News.

Fri 2007-11-09 00:00 EST

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, vanityfair.com

com; economic consequences; Mr. Bush; political; Power; vanityfair.