Category Archives: Politics

Ken Rogoff Expects “Serious Social Unrest” in the U.S.

Posted on February 10, 2011 by macromon

Now this is depressing but not surprising.  Forbes writes, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, co-author of a best-selling book on financial crises, This Time It’s Different, told Forbes today in an exclusive interview that the high unemployment rate and high levels … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s economy close to meltdown – Debka

Posted on February 9, 2011 by macromon

We highly recommend you read the latest from Debka on Egypt.  Here is the money quote: A high-ranking US source in Washington told debkafile’s sources that the situation in Egypt is so appalling that a military takeover of the regime … Continue reading →

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Measuring Arab Unrest: The Shoe Thrower’s Index

Posted on February 9, 2011 by macromon

Here’s something interesting from the Economist, An index of unrest in the Arab world IN THIS week’s print edition we ran a table showing a number of indicators for members of the Arab League. By adding a few more and … Continue reading →

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Meryl Streep to Play Maggie Thatcher in “Iron Lady”

Posted on February 8, 2011 by macromon

One of the last leaders who had spine and could say no.  Her advice to Bush 41, who was wavering on the first Gulf War, “Don’t go wobbly on me now George,” was classic. She was referred to sometimes as … Continue reading →

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Witness List for Ron Paul’s Fed Hearing

Posted on February 8, 2011 by macromon

Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Ron Paul announced the witnesses for the Subcommittee’s hearing to examine the impact of Federal Reserve policies on job creation and the unemployment rate. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 9th … Continue reading →

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Peru’s Meltdown

Posted on February 7, 2011 by macromon

A  good friend from the hedge fund community and one of the best economists to have ever worked in the financial markets, and who also happens to be from Peru sent over a piece on the Andean glacier melt from … Continue reading →

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Middle East Social Indicators

Posted on February 3, 2011 by macromon

The BBC has a pretty good piece looking at Middle East countries where the unrest in Egypt could potentially spread.  We’ll let you link to the story, but we  found some data from article interesting and after tweaking and adding … Continue reading →

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Elbaradei urges Mubarak to step down

Posted on January 30, 2011 by macromon

The Egyptian Revolt now has a face, Mohamed Mustafa ElBarade, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.    This would be a very positive development if he becomes the … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Revolt or Revolution? – Fareed Zakaria

Posted on January 30, 2011 by macromon

Here is Fareed’s take on Egypt.

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The Macro Picture Going into the Weekend

Posted on January 28, 2011 by macromon

(Click here if not observable)

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