Wednesday, 2 March 2016

The Politics of Financial Volatility (Alexander Friedman, Project-Syndicate)

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Twenty-four years ago, in the midst of an ugly US presidential campaign, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager neatly summed up his candidate’s message: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Today, as investors struggle to understand what is driving extreme volatility in the financial markets, there is an equally pithy explanation: It’s the stupid politics.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/politics-of-global-financial-volatility-by-alexander-friedman-2016-03

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