by Ken Houghton My article for Institutional Investor on the investment opportunities available in Emerging Markets Infrastructure, most especially in water and sanitation, is available on their website (subscribers only, it appears). UPDATE: For those looking for discussions of water and sanitation that are not gated, angrybear frequently discusses the subjects.
A research review by: Divorced one like Bush Introduction: This review was initiated after reading the report linked at the 25 indicators post. A review of the data regarding accepted economic performance indicators for business cycle peaks of year 2000 and 2008 is presented along with a discussion of the relevance to the strategy of […]
Reader Andrew notes: From Marketwatch: Wen, who is known for his openness and economic mastery, told Zakaria that despite the impressive growth his country has experienced over the past 30 years, things have changed because of the United States’ subprime problems. “We have seen a decline in external demand, and China’s domestic demand cannot be […]
L’Shana Tovah, and let’s talk about something near and dear to Fox News’s heart: the evil Canadian press. CBC has apologized for an opinion piece: In the article, Mallick said Palin appeals to “the white trash vote” with her “toned-down version of the porn actress look.” To make matters worse, the apology includes a glorious […]
By Spencer John McCain showed up without running mate Sarah Palin, which is a shame because she actually has a lot of experience with financial matters. You know, she lives right next to a bank.
The NYT carries a graphical map of Congress, the votes, and real information on election patterns. A shift of twelve votes does not seem overly ambitious to effect in the next 48 hours…feels like a television show, does it not?
Brenda Rosser at Econospeak has a great post here: What was it about 1995 and the US Federal Reserve? 1990 – 1992 era. The changes began then that led to the elimination of the reserve requirement. 1992 The Fed Reserve ratios were lowered. 1995 – The US Federal Reserve effectively eliminated the fractional reserve ratio. […]
by cactus Voting Your Bedfellows In a few months it will be time to go to the polls. Remember, there are people who told you eight years ago, and then four years ago, about the wonderful things GW’s policies were going to do for the economy. Most of them also told you how bad things […]
Robert Waldmann OK what now ? Unless someone has just submitted a post, AngryBear doesn’t have a post on what to do now that the House Republicans (and some Democrats) have voted down the Paulson-Dodd-Frank bailout bill. The contingent consensus of the Left Blogosphere seems to have been to go for the Swedish solution if […]
by Ken Houghton Claudia asks the question of the day of the previous post: When you say “the coming harvest” are you speaking from a purely literal standpoint, or are you also speaking metaphorically? I was starting from the literal. When you get to the consequences, then you get to think Buffy the Vampire Slayer. […]