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Yesterday the following piece was published by “The Daily Observer” in Pembroke, Ontario, concerning the LIBOR interest-rate fixing scandal. Confidence and Lies submitted version As well, I would like to inform people that as my distributor will be returning from … Continue reading →

On the OCC last month I asked if someone could explain to me why the source of the externality matters when drawing externality diagrams. Thankfully, Peter Rock sent my question along to Ellie Tragakes, who in turn was very gracious … Continue reading →

…from Dr. Michael Burry, who, by asking the right questions that exposed some erroneous assumptions about the inevitability of housing prices always rising, successfully predicted (and made money from) the collapse of the housing bubble. His advice that one should … Continue reading →

As the 2011-2012 school year winds to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a restful vacation. I would also like to thank all of you for choosing to use the book this year – … Continue reading →

This past weekend the following article was published in The Daily Observer in Pembroke, Ontario, relating to the process of debt deleveraging we are now going through: The Great Deleveraging 2nd Draft As well, as my Canadian economics textbook is … Continue reading →

I would like to point out that the book is available from a number of vendors with whom you may already have a relationship. While I will gladly fill any orders emailed to me directly, if you prefer you may … Continue reading →

Today I was sent this link to a letter to the editor that appeared in the Ottawa Citizen back in 1984 about economic issues of the day: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19840723&id=lKQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UO8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1434,1167409 Meanwhile, last week this column was published in The Daily Observer here … Continue reading →

I was in Asia for the past couple of weeks and was therefore not checking my email every day (no, I do not have a ‘smart phone’). Upon returning home yesterday I learned that my email account had been hacked … Continue reading →

Over the past couple of weeks I have written 4 lessons looking at the origins, nature and likely future path of the ongoing global financial crisis. While I wrote the lessons for inclusion in a book I am writing for … Continue reading →

As IB1 students are going to be writing their first semester exams and their first commentaries soon, I have uploaded a number of additional exercises, a model commentary, and more IB-style questions and model answers. I will likely not upload … Continue reading →