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Nouriel Roubini Sees A Bad Recovery, Then Inflation, Then A Depression
During the last crisis, the economist Nouriel Roubini earned the nickname “Dr. Doom” for his ominous prognostications about the economy and financial…
5 years, 11 months ago
How To Fund The Search For A COVID-19 Vaccine And Boost The Recovery
The hunt is on for a clinical therapy to prevent or treat COVID-19. But what’s the best way to go about this? How can governments accelerate this pro…
5 years, 11 months ago
Adam Tooze On How This Crisis Is Different Than The Last
In 2018, Columbia history professor Adam Tooze published his magisterial work “Crashed”, which framed the Great Financial Crisis as essentially a cri…
5 years, 11 months ago
How The Coronavirus Crisis Pushed The Fed Into Truly Uncharted Territory
The fate of the economy remains extremely unclear. However there is little doubt that the Fed has taken dramatic steps to arrest the crisis. Not only…
5 years, 11 months ago
Emerging Markets Have Never Experienced A Crisis Like This Before
With major economies around the world coming to a screeching halt, emerging markets are in a squeeze of historic proportions. Not only are they being…
5 years, 11 months ago
Why The War On Physical Cash Is A War On Freedom
Commerce and payments are increasingly digital. This shift from physical to electronic is one that governments and businesses are eager to accelerate…
5 years, 11 months ago
Marco Rubio On The Effort To Save Jobs And Get People Working Again
At the end of March, Congress passed the CARES Act in an attempt to mitigate some of the massive economic devastation being caused by the coronavirus…
5 years, 11 months ago
How To Stop The Fiscal Emergency Facing U.S. Cities And States
With the U.S. economy going into a deep slump, the Federal government has attempted to counteract the pain by increasing spending. But for cities and…
5 years, 11 months ago
Here’s What’s Happening With Those Korean Structured Notes That Bet Against Market Volatility
Earlier this year on Odd Lots, we did an episode about Korean structured investment products that were sold to retail investors, whose performance wa…
6 years ago
Tom Barrack On The Crisis In The Commercial Real Estate Market
The commercial real estate market has been clobbered in this crisis, as restaurants and stores virtually shut down entirely throughout the month of M…
6 years ago