Greece, The Euro and Gunboat Diplomacy

Original decision to provide a bailout is the source of the current crisis. Time for Europe to share the blame and financial consequences.

A Cynic’s Guide To Fintech

Several business models that are bound to fail — and a few that might have a chance

A pal working in and around the VC industry asked me the other week what I thought about financial technology, or as…

The FT Lets Itself Down Again: Francesco Giavazzi on Greece

Is this Italy’s answer to Hans-Werner Sinn?

Oranges and lemons — the FX scandal in perspective

The FX settlement was announced this week…

What happens when US rates rise? Three Scenarios

If I was stuck on a desert island, tasked with monitoring the health or otherwise of the global economy and allowed access to only one snippet of data a day, I know exactly which data series I’d choose: the yield on ten year US Treasury Bonds…

Violent warfare is on the wane, right?

Many optimists think so. But a close look at the statistics suggests that the idea just…

Mark Zuckerberg’s $45 Billion Loophole

Facebook’s founder just invented the Keeping Pledge

There Is No Effective Fiduciary Duty to Maximize Profits

Corporate law in five minutes