July 2011
65 posts
“The founders intended delay, deliberation and compromise – not paralysis.”
– Washington is drowning America - FT.com
“The problem is that the world of finance is built on mass suspensions of...”
– Is it time to abolish the triple-A rating? | Felix Salmon
“Paul Krugman is trying to put a brave face on things and point out that hey,...”
– Is it time to abolish the triple-A rating? | Felix Salmon
“Almost nobody really expects the US to default on its debts as a result of this...”
– The US Can Lose Its AAA Rating Without the World Ending - MarketBeat - WSJ
“The irony of the situation at the moment, with markets opening tomorrow morning,...”
– Vince Cable
“With roughly $3 trillion (1.86 trillion pounds) of reserves held in the form of...”
– Asia braces for direct hit from the West’s debt woes | Reuters
“Zwischenbilanz um kurz vor fünf: „Die Norweger an sich gelten als sehr...”
– Fernsehkommentare zum Terror: Wer solche Experten kennt, braucht keine Laien - Fernsehen - Feuilleton - FAZ.NET
“As we choose our pseudo-Bauhaus lighting from Ikea, it is Moholy-Nagy we must...”
– Fiona MacCarthy on artist László Moholy-Nagy | The Guardian
Play :: Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
You are encouraged to choose a role as you enter, and presented the tools that go along with it. Are you a pilgrim — then you get an audio guide. Are you a tourist? Then you get a map. Are you the flaneur — then you get headphones, and a notebook should inspiration strike. Well guess what, that’s me. Wandering around a museum with headphones is a surprisingly pleasurable...
“The nature of massive precedent-setting international financing deals is that...”
– Greece defaults | Felix Salmon
“The living room experience sucks. We’re all being held hostage by cable TV...”
– Why Apple Should Use Its Billions to Crush Hollywood | Cult of Mac
“Google hat das seit Jahren nicht weiterentwickelte Konzept von Twitter als...”
– SPIEGEL ONLINE
“We are in a situation where the only way to avoid disaster is to socialize...”
– Amid the Panic, Merkel Will Have Little Choice - WSJ.com
“Angela Merkel could be forgiven for thinking that in order to save the euro as...”
– Amid the Panic, Merkel Will Have Little Choice - WSJ.com
“one has to understand the nature of the threat the eurozone is facing. The...”
– Wolfgang Muenchau: Standing on the precipice
“That’s how the EU does business – an ongoing back-and-forth between member...”
– Greece and the lethal need for consensus - FT.com
“As Europe stands at the precipice, it is time to end brinkmanship and political...”
– Joseph Stiglitz – FT.com
“To an economist what needs to be done is simple and clear: Greece’s debt has to...”
– Joseph Stiglitz – FT.com
“At a minimum, the plan must offer Greece a second bail-out along with an...”
– Lex on the Eurozone crisis - FT.com
“Greece can probably sustain payments abroad of around two to three per cent of...”
– Jeffrey Sachs, Greece can restructure its debt without default | FT.com
“Never fear, oh Republican opponents of Michele Bachmann: I’ve devised a...”
– Jeffrey Goldberg
I can still remember a time when it was possible to record a television programme on something called a video cassette, and then you would be able to take that cassette out of the recording device, place it into a similar device elsewhere, and play back the recording. Simple and elegant technology. Until digital television replicates the functionality of a VHS recorder, I’m not signing up....
“Mr. Schäuble’s problem is that one way or another preservation of the...”
– Euro-Zone Summit Gets The Band-Aid Ready - WSJ.com
Noahpinion: Why Japanese government bond yields... →
“I often hear that Ms Merkel in particular has moved a long way from her original...”
– Wolfgang Münchau, Plan D stands for default . . . and the death of the euro - FT.com
“Europe’s political leadership has been, and still is, committing a category...”
– Plan D stands for default . . . and the death of the euro - FT.com
“If it could learn just a little restraint, the Tea Party would be hard to stop....”
– Clive Crook, FT.com
“Mark Zuckerberg has decided to leave Google’s new social network because...”
– Zuckerberg Quits Google Over Privacy Concerns - Slashdot
“The Republicans want to suspend the rules by which not just Washington but any...”
– What hope is there for us if America is driven to the brink of meltdown? | Will Hutton | Comment is free | The Observer
“Maybe the debt ceiling was the wrong place to pick a fight.”
– Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
Alarms sound for US debt debate - Lex →
“Too big to bail.”
– Barron’s on Italy
“I am now convinced, after fourteen months, that no matter what Greece does—and...”
– Papandreou as quoted by The Economist
“When Internet-famous people are tearing down their blogs and pointing their...”
– Google Marks The End of Blogging As a Means of Personal Expression - Technology Review