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MIT has made a recent Paul Krugman lecture available to the public. The video and my notes/bullet points are below if you’re not feeling like watching the hour-long lecture.
Paul Krugman MIT Lecture Notes/Bullet Points
These are the things we thought we knew about the Great Depression:
- The Great Depression happened because we had an unprotected banking [...]
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A possible debt default from Dubai has recently shocked the financial markets around the world. Dubai is the most populous state of the United Arab Emirates.
Dubai “said on Wednesday it would ask creditors of state-owned Dubai World and Nakheel to agree to a standstill on billions of dollars of debt as a first step [...]
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Residential mortgage problems started the current financial market meltdown. Many experts are now worried that the commercial real estate market may collapse and extend the current crisis.
What is the commercial real estate loan market?
It’s the market for debt used to finance hotels, offices, and shopping malls. Most of these loans are issued to institutions and [...]
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Did the housing market and the overall economy really tip to the positive side? The stock market, often seen as a leading indicator, suggests we have.
In general, the current phase we’re going through reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point. Tipping points can be described as “the levels at which the momentum for [...]
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The green shoots keep splashing. Markets rallied around 9% last week after better-than-expected earnings from companies such as Intel, IBM, and Goldman Sachs. Additional positive housing and manufacturing data also helped fuel the rally. And today, Monday (July 20, 2009), the U.S. markets went up another 1%+ on the news that CIT Group was bailed [...]
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