RISK AND REWARD / THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

Editorial September 12, 2010 Risk and Reward Two years after Lehman Brothers collapsed under the weight of mortgage-backed bets that wen...

BASEL III : BANKS ARE HAPPY. SHOULD THEIR CLIENTS BE ? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES LEX ( A MUST READ )

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THE U.S. NEEDS ITS OWN INDUSTRIAL POLICY / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT OP EDITORIAL ( HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

OPINION SEPTEMBER 13, 2010. The U.S. Needs Its Own Industrial Policy China's government incubates business with capital and other incent...

CHINA, JAPAN, AMERICA / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING)

September 12, 2010 China, Japan, America By PAUL KRUGMAN Last week Japan’s minister of finance declared that he and his colleagues wanted ...

U.S. PENSION FUNDS MOVE ASSETS IN-HOUSE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES ( RECOMMENDED READING )

US pension funds move assets in-house By Paul O’Dowd Published: September 12 2010 11:36 The $69.2bn State of Wisconsin Investment Board is...

A EUROZONE BANKING CRISIS LEFT UNRESOLVED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

A eurozone banking crisis left unresolved By Wolfgang Münchau Published: September 12 2010 20:34 Two years after the fall of Lehman Broth...

WE HAVE FAILED TO MUFFLE THE BANKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

We have failed to muffle the banks By Clive Crook Published: September 12 2010 20:07 If US President Barack Obama and the Democrats are p...

LA UNION EUROPEA : CRISIS Y FUTURO / EL PAIS OP EDITORIAL ( LECTURA ALTAMENTE RECOMENDADA )

TRIBUNA: FELIPE GONZÁLEZ La Unión Europea: crisis y futuro La inquietud de EE UU por el severo ajuste fiscal europeo es comprensible, allí l...