Friday, September 23, 2016

23/9/16: The Future of Work: Uncharted Policy Waters

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My presentation on economic and social challenges of the emerging Gig-economy (contingent workforce) from earlier this year:  http://cxcco...

23/9/16: Two Major Partnerships for AID:Tech

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AID:Tech CEO, Joseph Thompson presented at the Techstars Demo Day earlier this week. Here is the video of his excellent talk about AID:T...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

21/9/16: BOJ New (non) Bazuka

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A bit more on BOJ 'inverse' Twist here:  http://expresso.sapo.pt/economia/2016-09-21-Banco-do-Japao-lanca-mao-de-nova-bazuca . ...

21/9/16: Apple Tax Case: Not the Rate, the Loopholes

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My column for the Village  covering the Apple Tax fiasco: http://villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2016/09/not-the-rate-the-loopholes/ As ...

22/9/16: The most important charts in the world... BusinessInsider

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BusinessInsider  published their new set of "The most important charts in the world from the brightest minds on Wall Street" :  ...

21/9/16: BOJ & Fed: Surprises at the End of Policy Line?

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My comment for Portugal's Expresso  on Bank of Japan and U.S. Fed rate setting meetings (comment prior to both):  http://expresso.sapo...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

19/9/16: Survivorship Bias Primers

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Not formally a case study, but worth flagging early on, especially in the context of our Business Statistics MBAG 8541A course discussion ...

19/9/16: Big Data Biases?

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A very interesting, and broad (compared to our more statistics-specific discussions in MBAG 8541A) topic is touched in this book:  http://...
Monday, September 19, 2016

19/9/16: US Median Income Statistics: Losing One's Head in Cheerful Releases

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In our Business Statistics MBAG 8541A course, we have been discussing one of the key aspects of descriptive statistics reporting encounter...

19/9/16: FocusEconomics: The Italian Dilemma

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Good post from FocusEconomics on the saga of Italian banking crisis:  http://www.focus-economics.com/blog/posts/the-italian-dilemma-weak-...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

17/9/16: The Mudslide Cometh for Your Ladder

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One chart that really says it all when it comes to the fortunes of the Euro area economy: And, courtesy of these monetary acrobatics,...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

14/9/16: Apple Tax on Keiser Report

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My interview with Max Keiser for Keiser Report on Apple Tax fiasco:  https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/358886-episode-max-keiser-965/...