Sooooo…all it takes is the head of the IMF getting arrested for sexual assault for people to get curious as to what the IMF actually is? Fortunately, NPR’s Planet Money gives a nice overview of the International Monetary Fund:
You can think of it sort of like a credit union for countries, says Eswar Prasad, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Finance'
Random Link: All Publicity Is Good Publicity(?), IMF Edition…
May 18th, 2011 · 5 Comments
Finance · Macroeconomics · Policy
Tags: Finance · Macroeconomics · Policy
Random Link: When Harvard Professors Make A Funny…
June 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Finance · Just For Fun · Random Links
Harvard Professor Jeremy Stein is apparently throwing his hat into the economic humor ring with his latest piece in the Harvard Crimson:
Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025. Just four months into his first term, President Scott P. Brown faces what is rapidly becoming a severe financial crisis, with the collapse yesterday of yet another Stable Wind [...]
Tags: Finance · Just For Fun · Random Links
What Do Banks Do With Your Money Anyway? Jon Stewart Almost Gets It Right…
April 29th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Finance · Fun With Math · Macroeconomics
Tags: Finance · Fun With Math · Macroeconomics
Follow Up: Perhaps You Like These Goldman Sachs Analogies Better Than The Tiny Town One?
April 22nd, 2010 · 8 Comments
Buyer Beware · Finance
A few days ago, I presented you with an analogy that Rachel Maddow came up with to explain the Goldman Sachs fraud mess. Aaaaaaand you didn’t like it very much, which is fair since it was a little too oversimplified. (If you’re curious, I added some more detail in the comments of that [...]
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Goldman Sachs Fraud, Tiny Town Style…
April 17th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Buyer Beware · Finance
So this SEC suing Goldman Sachs for fraud thing is all over the news, but, like a lot of issues having to do with complicated financial products and whatnot, people are having a bit of trouble following exactly what went down that got the SEC’s panties all in a twist. For example, The New [...]
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