How the Internet is going to save lives in developing countries
Few days ago I talked to my friends about Kiva, an idea that I realy find amazing.
For those of you who don’t know what Kiva is, that’s basically a way of helping people in poor and very poor countries to set a business, by providing access to cheap loans.
Many famous people have expressed enthusiasm about [...]
Bernanke: Fed is prepared for crisis
Chicago Tribune: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking in Chicago on Friday, said the Fed is prepared to handle the next financial crisis.
“Yogi Berra reminded us that prediction is very hard, especially about the future,” Bernanke told a convention of economists and finance experts. “In that spirit, the Federal Reserve continues to work actively [...]
Eurozone jobless rate falls to 13-year low
Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest since 1993 in November and business morale remained strong last month, data showed, pointing to healthy economic growth and boosting expectations of interest rate rises.
TSB: The Well-Read Economist
An informal survey of the Carnegie Mellon Economics and Finance Faculty resulted in the following list of books which individual faculty members consider insightful and readable in the fields of Economics and Finance.
Interview with Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB
Interview with Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank,
conducted on 11 December 2006
by Ms. Irini Chrysolora (Ta Nea), Mr. Moritz Döbler (Der Tagesspiegel) and Mr. Pierre Leyers (Luxemburger Wort)
published on 18 December 2006
The Observer: Euro still shining in the east
The Observer: Italy is up to its neck in debt; Spain is on the brink of a housing market crash; and Germany’s thrifty consumers are still stuffing money under the mattress. Five years after the arrival of euro notes and coins, there is little sign of the promised economic convergence – on the contrary, there [...]
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