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QOTD: Fading Breton Woods = Instability – Arminio Fraga

QOTD = Quote of the Day …with the US less dominant and less willing to provide global economic and financial leadership, systemic instability is likely to increase. As the American economic historian Charles Kindleberger famously warned, this typically occurs in … Continue reading

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Our Pick for World Bank President: Arminio Fraga

Bloomberg’s Tom Keene reported this morning that Bill Gates is on the short list to replace  Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank.   As former Bank employees we’re O.K. with that and kind of surprised Hillary isn’t on the … Continue reading

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Aminio Fraga on Charlie Rose

Great interview with our old friend and colleague Arminio Fraga,  former head of Brazil’s central bank,  Soros hedge fund manager, and now head of Gavea Investments.   Arminio is a Princeton Ph.D. economist, understands markets,  and an expert on Brazil’s economist. … Continue reading

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