Greece Closes Its Eyes And Votes

June 18, 2012

Greece went into Sunday’s election with its eyes closed, since polls have been banned since June 1. Why face facts?

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Separating News From Noise

May 23, 2012

It has been a tumultuous few weeks in the financial markets, but there is less to the news than meets the eye.

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What Nuclear-Free Japan Means For Us

May 4, 2012

This weekend, Japan will be nuclear-free for the first time in a generation. American gas can help keep it that way.

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A Year Of Spinning Wheels

December 30, 2011

The past year brought a lot of noise but not much movement. Next year may start out the same, but the election should give us some traction.

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Europeans Ask Themselves: What Is Europe?

December 9, 2011

Are Europe’s leaders trying to solve a crisis, or forge a new continental power? The euro’s fate may hinge on just what, exactly, Europe is.

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Papandreou Tells Greeks It’s Time To Grow Up

November 3, 2011

Papandreou told his fellow Greeks to make a choice and accept the consequences. It’s a gamble, but not an irrational one.

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Sweet Music To Soothe The Savage Banker

September 16, 2011

All together now: “There Will Never Be Another Lehman.”

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A Year Of Spinning Wheels

January 3, 2011

The past year brought a lot of noise but not much movement. Next year may start out the same, but the election should give us some traction.

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The Economic Fujiwara

November 22, 2010

The dollar is up against the euro. No, the dollar is down against the euro. Now it’s up again. Until it goes down. Meteorologists have a term, the “Fujiwara effect,” to describe the interaction of two storms in close proximity. In the Northern hemisphere, wind blows counterclockwise around centers of low pressure. When two lows “dance the Fujiwara,” as some scientists put it, the winds of each storm influence the …

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