Banking Roundtable: All About the Movies (June 17, 2011)

First, huge thanks and kudos to Erik and the Glom crew for being visionary. My version of letting no crisis... (Category: Film, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Roundtable: Banking, Teaching)

Dodd-Frank Forum: A Love Story (July 21, 2010)

I LOOOOVE LOOOOVE LOOOVE this law, every last smelly comma of it. It gets the second A+ I have ever... (Category: Masters: Dodd-Frank)

Minding Our Own Business: Artifacts of Assessment (April 21, 2010)

I have not been at Our Business long enough to hold forth on curricular reform, but did want to share... (Category: Masters: Minding)

Too Many Notes, First and Last Edition (October 10, 2008)

As I wind down my stint on the Glom with many thanks to my generous hosts and indulgent audience, I... (Category: Finance, Financial Crisis, Globalization/Trade)

Flaming Red Herring (October 09, 2008)

Iceland may ask for a loan from the IMF to go along with the $5 billion from Russia. Until this... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)

G-7 and IMF Rerelevance (Updated and Elaborated) (October 08, 2008)

Apropos David's and Gordon's posts, for years now, G-7 gatherings have served to highlight the group's waning relevance. Having China... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)

Halloween (October 08, 2008)

NYU's Nouriel Roubini has been a consistent and delightful prophet of doom for years. His Twelve Steps to Financial Disaster... (Category: Finance, Holidays, Humor)

States and Firms (October 07, 2008)

My friends who practice international political economy have long flogged the fuzzy line between states and firms, public and private... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)

Unrelated Underrated News Bits: CCP for CDS and Mandatory Mortgage Modification (October 07, 2008)

I get a lot of questions about future regulation of the $60+ trillion CDS world in the wake of the... (Category: Finance)

$700 Billion Is Just a Nice Round Number (October 05, 2008)

... that coincidentally happens to be both the size of the U.S. TARP and of Germany's blanket guarantee of private... (Category: Corporate Governance, Finance)

Grass Grows through Concrete (October 03, 2008)

Now that the Historic Bill has passed, it is time to recognize the grass roots. The Call-Your-Congressman emails in my... (Category: Politics)

Beggars and Choosers (October 03, 2008)

Since the credit crisis began, “beggars can’t be choosers” (BCBC) has become an increasingly prominent argument against restrictions on sovereign... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)

Department of Crisis Snark plus Doom Reading (September 30, 2008)

Here is the front page of the leading Canadian daily last weekend. The graphic is very impressive, and the headline,... (Category: Books)

Benelux Is Not a Country (September 29, 2008)

Fortis, the failed financial conglomerate jointly rescued on Sunday by the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, has assets... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)

Department of Crisis Irony (September 29, 2008)

The folks at the Glom kindly scheduled this guest blog to coincide with the release of the IMF-brokered code of... (Category: Finance, Globalization/Trade)