Voices Against the Transaction Tax on the Rise
On the subject of the ill-fated EU transaction tax, it is of little comfort that, seven minutes ago, the FT reported a study commissioned by the City of London Corporation […]
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The Central Bank of Cyprus Blunders… and Plunders
Readers of this columns will know that I was rather positive about the Cyprus solution at first. But the central bank, bestowed with new powers since the parliament’s emergency laws […]
Energy Literacy 101 – The Energy Equation for Obesity
Here’s a lighter one for a change. No politics, no grand solutions to grand problems, just a playful way to extract a life lesson or two (it will require some […]
Interesting Deal for Cyprus
A short update on the deal that was “struck” last night: It is constructive, for it has many desirable features: The disproportionate damage falls on those who took credit risk […]
The Final Minutes: Countdown in Cyprus
Before any news may break late today, hopefully on an agreement between the EU and Cyprus, I am, for the first time, starting to feel uncomfortable on how this may […]
The Oldest News in the Universe, on the NY Times Front Page!
As I was walking the streets of New York this morning, I had a flash-back into my earlier career, into my particle-physics / cosmology years. There was a new stack […]
A Crazy Thought (?) on Cyprus
I am not sure whether I’m going mad, but here is a thought I need to bounce off my readers, as I’m really not sure whether it’s madness or genius: […]
Breaking News: EU Statement on Cyprus
I always will try to avoid a “breaking news” section here. I am most definitely not online all the time, so there might be a lot of breaking news I […]
Hot or Not? Rumors of Cyprus’ next move
Apparently, the proposal being put together to be presented by the Cypriot president on Thursday (when most of you will be reading this), is that the depositor haircuts are a […]
Cyprus, Round Two
Commentary is wildly diverging over whether the Cypriot parliament’s rejection is a big deal or not. Surprisingly many articles predict something like Europe-wide bank runs, Russian Mafia killings, and what […]
Cyprus: The State Giveth, The State Taketh Away
All eyes are on the Cypriot parliament. Will they, or won’t they approve the deal that takes a cut from all deposits, including small ones, in order to get the […]
Smog in Athens: What Price?
What would it be worth to stop Athens polluting its air again like it hasn’t done since the Seventies? Can and should we afford the cost of helping reduce the […]
From the Fiscal Cliff to the “Terrorism of Exceptions”
In my earlier blog on how the EU manages to have itself over a pork-barrel, I promised to follow on with the example of the US Fiscal Cliff. It is instructive […]
Swiss Exec Pay Curbs: A Totally Different Animal
Following my article on the EU bonus curbs, I got so many comments that — with Switzerland “following suit” — who still believes that these curbs are wrong? This is […]
EU Bonus Curbs: The Art of Having Oneself Over a Pork-Barrel.
According to Wikipedia: over a barrel means to be in a predicament or helpless in a situation where others are in control. It seems rather amazing, then, that it is possible […]
EU-11 “To Bin” Tax: The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief
Quoting from wiki.ironchariots.org: The Great Green Arkleseizure is a deity mentioned in a work of fiction by Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Although not offically considered a god, the Great Green Arkleseizure is […]
The Demographic Brink before the Fiscal Cliff
Sometimes seeing stuff that is hidden in easily and publicly available data is hard. The data I have in mind today is the age pyramid, which, when depicted graphically, magically […]
Interview with SRP (part 2)
The following is an article that appeared in http://www.structuredretailproducts.com/news/latest Institutions Eye the Advisory Side of the Retirement Solutions Sector 31 Jan 2013 Karl Strobl is the former global head of structured […]
Interview with SRP (part 1)
The following is an article that appeared in http://www.structuredretailproducts.com/news/latest The Rules of the Retirement Solutions Game Need to Change 30 Jan 2013 Karl Strobl, the former global head of structured products […]
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