Category Archives: Video

Weekend Lecture: Floored

Posted on January 18, 2013 by macromon

No lecture this weekend but a special treat courtesy of 4xreview. Step into the pit of the Chicago mercantile exchange with the full length movie Floored. (click here if video is not observable)

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Lagarde on debt ceiling, bank liquidity and paths to growth

Posted on January 17, 2013 by macromon

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde talks to Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Consumer News, about the challenges of regulatory arbitrage, the need to promote job-based economic growth and the dire dangers from the U.S. debt ceiling fight. – ReutersTV … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Video | Tagged Christine Lagarde, IMF, Reuters | 1 Comment

60 Minutes: Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by macromon

In case you missed last night’s 60 Minutes. Take the 13 minutes to view this fascinating piece about how technological advances, especially robotics, are changing the workplace and is causing unemployment. We’ve wrtitten and posted many times on how technology … Continue reading →

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Positive vs Normative Trading

Posted on January 11, 2013 by macromon

Love this…. Hat tip JFinDallas at StockTwits! (click here if video is not observable)

Posted in Video | Tagged Normative, Positive, Trading | 1 Comment

Emerging economies in 2013 – Economist

Posted on January 2, 2013 by macromon

Great perspective on the emerging markets. “China’s ‘authoritarian growth miracle’ is over…. they just don’t last” – William Easterly Which countries will be the economic success stories of 2013? William Easterly, professor of economics at New York University, and Dambisa … Continue reading →