What Harvard Money Managers Make
As we reported earlier, Harvard expects to lose $11 billion, or 30% of its endowment (just what they lost is
China Reduces US Dollar Reserves In February
It's hard to tell how significant or durable an occurence this is, but it certainly deserves close attention.
Consumer Prices Fall Despite Stimulus, PPIP
It's energy and food prices to a big extent, which is good, but even the whiff of deflation
Questions About Goldman's Great Quarter
Interesting times at Goldman Sachs. In September of 2008 it became part of the US banking system (now the country&
Poor Retail Sales Counters Optimism on Banks
From Reuters: Retail sales show recession far from bottom Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:42pm EDT By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON
China To TIGHTEN Credit
They did this in the run-up to the crash, too. And were blamed for it then. Article contains a distressing
The Two Piracies in Somalia
Democracy Now! had an interesting segment today shedding some light on the root causes of piracy off the coast of
Frank Rich on Larry Summers
A follow-up on the last post (about Harvard money managers lost $11bn): Frank Rich's column in Sunday'
How Harvard Lost $11 Billion
Forbes has an interesting breakdown of how the financial wizards running Harvard University's endowment lost an estimated $11
'A New Way Forward'--Demos Today
Sorry for the late notice about this. It looks like all the demos start at 2pm ET and 11am PT,
'Bailout Funds' to 'Allow' Main Street to Invest
Yesterday's New York Times had this article about the Obama administration's proposal to have mutual-fund-style "
Poverty Is Bad For Your Health
In the January/February 2008 interview with Ichiro Kawachi, a professor of social epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public