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All items tagged creditOpen Think Tank ArticlesAugust 29, 2011 | How Sovereign Debt Resembles Student LoansEthan Christian Arrow: Some European countries resemble graduate students more than they do competing investments. Credit, for sovereign states and academia alike, should always be a scarce resource. The impact of students who would rather party is far milder than a country that has borrowed unwisely. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesSeptember 20, 2011 | Restoring European GrowthAdvanced economies are feeling the strain of a growing economic recession. ++ The economic crisis has spread from the private sector over to sovereign states. ++ Unlike smaller struggling eurozone countries, the world’s most powerful economies should hold off on austerity measures and stimulate their own economies. ++ Reverting back to the national currency is the only way to restore growth and ... MoreOctober 13, 2008 | God Save the Queen - She is Saving UsGordon Brown and Alistair Darling “have shown us the way through this financial crisis.” ++ The British Prime Minister and his officials lead the world in assessing the financial crisis and quickly enacting an apt solution. ++ The problem: lack of capital in the banking system; Brown’s solution: equity injections, a type of temporary nationalization, with the first commitment of funds coming to ... MoreApril 25, 2007 | The Economist on Holes in the US Housing BubbleThe newest tale of woe among American investment banks is the housing market, according to The Economist. Some analysts on Wall Street predict that the housing bubble is on the verge of collapse, and point to the “subprime mortgage market” as the culprit. These loans, given to potential homeowners with poor credit at little or no money down, provide initial low “teaser” interest rates, which ... More |
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