Friday, January 18, 2013

Relying on financial models to set loan-loss reserves could hurt small banks and their customers

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Bank Reform Takes One Flawed Step Forward. By Eugene A Ludwig and Paul A Volcker Relying on financial models to set loan-loss reserves could...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Incentive Audits: A New Approach to Financial Regulation

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Incentive Audits: A New Approach to Financial Regulation. By Martin Cihak World Bank Blogs, Jan 14, 2012 http://blogs.worldbank.org/allabo...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

BCBS Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting

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BCBS Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting January 2013 http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs239.htm The financial cr...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Capital Requirements for Over-the-Counter Derivatives Central Counterparties

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Capital Requirements for Over-the-Counter Derivatives Central Counterparties. By Li Lin and Jay Surti IMF Working Paper No. 13/3, January 0...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision endorses revised liquidity standard for banks

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Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision endorses revised liquidity standard for banks January 6, 2013 http://www.bis.org/press/p130106...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

We, Too, Are Violent Animals. By Jane Goodall, Richard Wrangham, and Dale Peterson

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We, Too, Are Violent Animals. By Jane Goodall, Richard Wrangham, and Dale Peterson Those who doubt that human aggression is an evolved trai...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Gross inflows, financial booms and crises. By Cesar Calderon and Megumi Kubota

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Gross inflows, financial booms and crises. By Cesar Calderon and Megumi Kubota World Bank Blogs, Wed, Jan 2nd, 2013 http://blogs.worldbank.o...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

From "Weiwei-isms." By Ai Weiwei

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Selection from "Weiwei-isms," by Ai Weiwei. Edited by Larry Warsh. Princeton University Press, 152 pp, ISBN-13: 978-0691157665 L...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Brookings: The Exaggerated Death of the Middle Class

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The Exaggerated Death of the Middle Class. By Ron Haskins and Scott Winship Brookings, December 11, 2012 http://www.brookings.edu/research/...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Smarter Ways to Discipline Children

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Smarter Ways to Discipline Children. By Andrea Petersen Research Suggests Which Strategies Really Get Children to Behave; How Timeouts Can W...
Monday, December 24, 2012

A case study in the dangers of the Law of the Sea Treaty

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Lawless at Sea. WSJ Editorial A case study in the dangers of the Law of the Sea Treaty. The Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2012, on pag...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Novel Drug Approvals Strong in 2012

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Novel Drug Approvals Strong in 2012 Dec 21, 2012 http://www.innovation.org/index.cfm/NewsCenter/Newsletters?NID=208 Over the past year, ...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

IMF's "European Union: Financial Sector Assessment," Preliminary Conclusions

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"European Union: Financial Sector Assessment," Preliminary Conclusions by the IMF Staff Press Release No. 12/500 Dec 20, 2012 http...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

The future of financial globalisation - BIS Annual Conference

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The future of financial globalisation http://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap69.htm The BIS 11th Annual Conference took place in Lucerne, Sw...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The rise of the older worker

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The rise of the older worker, by Jim Hillage, research director Institute for Employment Studies December 12, 2012 http://www.employment-...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Optimal Oil Production and the World Supply of Oil

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Optimal Oil Production and the World Supply of Oil. By Nikolay Aleksandrov, Raphael Espinoza, and Lajos Gyurko IMF Working Paper No. 12/294...

Gérard Depardieu's letter to the French Prime Minister

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Gérard Depardieu's letter to the French Prime Minister Dec 16, 2012 Minable, vous avez dit << minable >>? Comme c’est minabl...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Leszek Balcerowicz on America's mistakes and the better way to heal from a financial crisis

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Leszek Balcerowicz: The Anti-Bernanke. By Matthew Kaminski Leszek Balcerowicz, the man who saved Poland's economy, on America's mist...