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Vital Signs: how likely is another financial crisis? It comes down to what we believe
Why does the Chair of the Federal Reserve believe there won't be another financial crisis in our lifetimes?
Why Dodd-Frank – or its repeal – won’t save us from the next crippling Wall Street crash
Instead, we need to burn the entire system of financial regulation to the ground and replace it with something that supports investing the way it's done today.
Is China on the verge of a banking crisis?
The Chinese government is doing its best to stop China's bad loan problem from blowing up.
Living through the Greek crisis: an anthropologist reports from Thessaly
Before the financial crisis struck, you could breathe the overwhelming air of prosperity on the bustling streets of Trikala.
To counter populist policies the world needs to ditch its obsession with GDP
The world needs an alternative system, measuring economic value in face of the dissatisfaction that brought Donald Trump to the White House.
BRICS wants to set up an alternative rating agency. Why it may not work
The BRICS bloc of states have resolved to establish an alternative credit rating agency to counter western dominance in the financial markets. Will it work?
Africa is poised for sustainable growth and development. But there are risks
The risk following recently ended economic booms in Africa is that, due to insufficient planning and excessive optimism, the windfalls were wasted. But there are signs that Africa may be changing.
Shareholder elite’s takeover of society is laid bare by new book
George Kerevan, Stephen Boyd and Katherine Trebeck see a world where employees are treated like just-in-time inventory.
Using fiction to make the curious links between financial risk and terrorism
A number of novels provide links between risk-assessment, financial speculation, and terrorism. But simultaneously, real life terror in 2016 renders writing about it completely and utterly pointless.
‘We lost the house, we lost everything’: what dealing with financial stress looks like
New research shows the harsh realities of getting by on a low income and highlights how help for those doing it tough needs to change.
Don’t expect a rerun of the Asian Financial Crisis
Despite worries about a new Asian Financial Crisis, much has changed since the last one in 1997. Even if a crisis were to materialise, it would look quite different from that of two decades ago.
Will Germany flout Europe’s bail-in rules if Deutsche Bank needs rescuing?
If Berlin doesn't apply divisive rules that inflict pain on savers, expect cries of double standards from southern Europe.
How mathematics can fight the abuse of big data algorithms
Is the rise of big data and the use of algorithms by businesses to blame for modern society's ills?
Risk of a run on Deutsche Bank is real – even if its financials look fine
Deutsche Bank may have the assets to outweigh its liabilities but this won't save it from a run on its stocks.
The U.S. economy is in desperate need of a strong dose of fiscal penicillin
Although the Fed delayed raising rates this month, it has signaled it intends to wean the U.S. economy off its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Now the question is whether Congress will take the handoff.
The role of central banks is changing. What South Africans should look out for
The 2008 financial crisis exposed major gaps in central banks' operations. New features like quantitative easing have since emerged.
Fed’s focus on ‘too big to fail’ won’t save taxpayers from next bank bailout
Regulators trying to keep taxpayers from having to foot the bill for the next wave of bank bailouts are placing too much on emphasis on size and missing the 'bigger' picture.
Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?
Congress just passed a bailout for Puerto Rico – in the nick of time – yet it's not enough to solve the island's biggest challenge: returning to growth.
EU referendum: the positive case for voting Remain
There is good reason to fear Brexit, but voting to stay in the EU is also a chance to restore the vision of the founding fathers.
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