The credit crisis visualised This is an interesting animated film on the origins of the crisis, it holds with the view that banks were only ever a part of the probl... Continue reading
Supply, Demand, & Prices of Irish Property – A talk by Ronan Lyons Ronan Lyons gave a talk to CFA Ireland on the 9th of July on the topic 'Supply, Demand, & Prices in Irish Property'. Ronan is on... Continue reading
Charlie Rose interviews Paul Krugman Charlie Rose talks to Paul Krugman, in this interview we see an opinion that is contrary to the previous interview with Pete Peterson i... Continue reading
Pete Peterson formerly of Blackstone, CFR, Lehman and Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson is a fascinating individual, he came from humble beginnings and went on to work at executive levels in some of the most w... Continue reading
Boom Bust, house prices, banking, and the depression of 2010 by Fred Harrison (book review) I have been quite public about my belief in property tax (caveat being we should have far less income tax/levies etc. perhaps a 'flat t... Continue reading
Let me ask… Can you fix the economy? The ‘mortality question’. I had coffee today with one of my favourite industry guys (who shall remain nameless!), when we meet there is generally a very active d... Continue reading
IMF Report on Ireland, condensed. The IMF released their report on Ireland yesterday, here are some of the bullet points of the report. Executive summary: Given ... Continue reading
Track that Yield Curve! ECB effects. Today the FT has reported that the ECB will offer unlimited 12 mth repo facilities to banks, this is a big step for the generally hawki... Continue reading
Living in the past, Irish property prices. Paul O'Connor of MyHat.ie and PropertyWeek.ie has written up a great post on the Irish property market, the single biggest hindrance in... Continue reading