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Up in the Air

Did you see the movie Up in the Air, starring George Clooney? Those of you who have not seen it probably have heard something about it. It involves a professional with a job who flies in airline jets so much that hotels and airports become his life.
There are parts of this movie I relate to. [...]

GLOBAL MARKET BRACE FOR THE AFTERSHOCK

Just as the mood was lifting worldwide—and many markets had returned to their pre-Lehman Brothers bankruptcy highs—a new risk has reared its head. While the focus for much of the financial crisis has been on banks and corporate, investors have belatedly noticed the huge hazards that have built up at country level. The world has [...]

A NEW CAPITALIST ORDER

In the fall of 2008, the global economy was on the brink of a meltdown. It was in freefall. Having seen so many other crises, I was sure that this sense of freefall would soon come to an end. It happens with every crisis. But what then? We neither can nor should return to the [...]