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Geoeconomics India: The Hollywood Economy
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Here's an interesting article by Gloria Goodale. In the Christian Science Monitor on America’s new-found obsession with summer blockbusters. Michael Cieply in the New York Times. Also wonders at Americans flocking to movies in the downturn. And here’s a link to weekend by weekend box office numbers for late 2008 and early 2009. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Whenever I t...
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Geoeconomics India: Reasoning out how the crisis spread around the world
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Monday, March 9, 2009. Reasoning out how the crisis spread around the world. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Marginal cost of public funds: a valuable tool for thinking about taxation and expenditure in India. By Ajay Shah. In an ideal world, taxation would be done in a frictionless way. The ideal world is a nice place where there are no transactions costs either. The Drop in Crime. Paul Krugman ex...
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Geoeconomics India: The Lehman collapse and its connection with the European banking collapse
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Sunday, March 8, 2009. The Lehman collapse and its connection with the European banking collapse. The Lehman collapse and its connection with the European banking collapse. Is examined in this Baba/Ramaswamy paper at the BIS. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Marginal cost of public funds: a valuable tool for thinking about taxation and expenditure in India. The Drop in Crime. Security Code,Security ...
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Geoeconomics India: More on the US Dollar Shortage in global banking
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Saturday, March 7, 2009. More on the US Dollar Shortage in global banking. As part of its latest quarterly review. The BIS has examined the shortage of US dollars in the international banking system. European banks, in particular, experienced the most pronounced growth in foreign claims relative to underlying measures of economic activity. On the European Banks' reactions to the crisis:. By Ajay Shah&#...
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Geoeconomics India: Thomas Hoenig, President of Kansas Fed - mulls pre-privatized "bridge bank" resolution of insolvent US banks
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Friday, March 6, 2009. Thomas Hoenig, President of Kansas Fed - mulls pre-privatized "bridge bank" resolution of insolvent US banks. Calculated Risk reports on the Koenig speech with characteristic alacrity. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Marginal cost of public funds: a valuable tool for thinking about taxation and expenditure in India. The Drop in Crime. In fact for most Turks this is a rathe.
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Geoeconomics India: Dollar Funding of Foreign Banks - some notes
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Thursday, March 12, 2009. Dollar Funding of Foreign Banks - some notes. Http:/ www.treas.gov/tic/bctype.txt. Brad: the combined assets of the broker-dealers and funding companies rose by around $325b (if I got the math and netting right). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Marginal cost of public funds: a valuable tool for thinking about taxation and expenditure in India. The Drop in Crime. Whenever I...
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Geoeconomics India: IMF Quotas
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. The IMF’s list of Directors and Voting Power. Provides data on the IMF Quotas. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Marginal cost of public funds: a valuable tool for thinking about taxation and expenditure in India. By Ajay Shah. In an ideal world, taxation would be done in a frictionless way. The ideal world is a nice place where there are no transactions costs either. Securit...
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Geoeconomics India: Brad Setser propagates H1B myths by blocking visa info at his blog
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Monday, March 9, 2009. Brad Setser propagates H1B myths by blocking visa info at his blog. Brad Setser had no problem with wide eyed foreigners breathlessly discussing Bank of America's decision not to recruit bonded laborers on H1Bs. But as soon as some real information about the evil H1B visa modern slave-trading scheme was made available to his reading public, he deleted the comment. Although most o...
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Geoeconomics India: Trans-Pacific Geopolitical Relations
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Thursday, March 5, 2009. Another, separate, unconfirmed, reason postulated is that the war was provoked deliberately to deal with the Iraq regime's actions to change the composition of their reserve currency from USD to EUR; and to propose exports of their crude output denominated in a currency other than USD; thereby threatening the US geopolitcal influence over the Middle East and the petroleum trade.
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Geoeconomics India: How much should a Sovereign Borrow? - continued reasoning on the Treasury finances
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This blog follows geoeconomic and geopolitical developments from the perspective of an Indian investor. Saturday, April 25, 2009. How much should a Sovereign Borrow? Continued reasoning on the Treasury finances. Chapter 18 of 'Principles of Corporate Finance' authored by Brealey and Myers deals with the interesting topic 'How much should a firm borrow? The next part of the reasoning is on the interest the Government pays on its outstanding debt. You have to remember that a Government Bond holder isn'...