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- Jobs, automation, Engels’ pause and the limits of history http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/03/09/2120134/jobs-automation-engels-pause-and-the-limits-of-history/ 55 comments
- Meet the man who could own Aviva France http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/02/27/2120422/meet-the-man-who-could-own-aviva-france/ 2 comments
- Is Spain now cooking its books? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/09/30/356201/an-anonymous-tip-off-regarding-spanish-gdp/ 30 comments
- The Cold War in high frequency trading turns hot http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/10/61361/the-cold-war-in-high-frequency-trading-turns-hot/ 2 comments
- ICO’s final report into Cambridge Analytica invites regulatory questions https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/10/06/1602008755000/ico-s-final-report-into-cambridge-analytica-invites-regulatory-questions/ 5 comments worldnews
- As leaders weigh the economic and public health impacts of their response to pandemic, we ought to consider the *moral* impacts of our decisions about whether to prioritize the lives of the sick and vulnerable over much less measurable and more uncertain economic outcomes. https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/15/1586943153000/why-are-we-really-in-lockdown--/ 611 comments philosophy
- A look back: what Eurozone “risk sharing” actually meant http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/10/10/1539147600000/a-look-back--what-eurozone--risk-sharing--actually-meant/ 16 comments europe
- Perhaps this is the reason why the Fed cuts came so soon.. https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/08/22/1566491938000/There-s-a-black-hole-in-the-dollar-funding-market/ 31 comments wallstreetbets
- You autists made it into the Financial Times... https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/02/20/1582193215000/Reddit--bull-attack/?fbclid=IwAR3asFGFi4_WJ1Uha5SF6AByO3AXkI3FYaDHA5auk_kcXBznY32nZhLJX0w#myft:notification:instant-email:content 40 comments wallstreetbets
- Let me tell you the story of the Volkswagen short squeeze https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/10/31/1540962002000/The-day-Volkswagen-briefly-conquered-the-world/ 12 comments wallstreetbets
- Is Germany blocking nuclear because of gas? https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/12/02/1575325247000/is-germany-blocking-nuclear-because-of-gas--/ 41 comments europe
- Correction Lotto Tickets: Shittiest Stock Challenge https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/07/23/1563872966000/Ebitda-add-backs-are-so-hot-right-now/ 69 comments wallstreetbets
- 83% of IPOs (new stock issues) this year have come to the market with negative earnings. "This is a higher percentage than that seen even at the height of the tech bubble!" https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/03/15/1552664233000/gmo-s-montier-on-the-rise-of-the-dual-economy/ 27 comments economy
- Nouriel Roubini outlines the 2020 recession risk https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/06/21/1561105108000/nouriel-roubini-outlines-the-2020-recession-risk/ 3 comments economy
- Has bitcoin come to the end of its Tether? https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/06/13/1528904202000/Has-bitcoin-come-to-the-end-of-its-Tether-/ 3 comments btc
- Parallel currency talk gains ground in Italy https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/08/21/2192571/parallel-currency-talk-gains-ground-in-italy/ 3 comments europe
- More evidence in the case against Luxembourg https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/03/09/2185786/more-evidence-in-the-case-against-luxembourg/ 5 comments europe
- If needed: “Am I eligible for Irish citizenship?” http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/24/2167404/am-i-eligible-for-irish-citizenship/ 10 comments europe
- Craig Wrights upcoming big reveal http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/03/31/2158024/craig-wrights-upcoming-big-reveal/ 189 comments btc
- The case against Luxembourg http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/10/21/2142483/the-case-against-luxembourg/ 5 comments europe
- Meet the man who could own Aviva France http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/02/27/2120422/meet-the-man-who-could-own-aviva-france/ 7 comments investing
- What capital intensive industries have real rates of depreciation or amortization that are significantly lower than taxable depreciation or amortization? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/09/10/1965991/beware-the-yieldco/ 3 comments investing
- Cool overview on how the rating agencies are dealing with growth of p2p loans. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/05/02/1842832/rating-p2p/ 3 comments investing
- Benefiting from Greece’s brain drain http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/09/19/1166421/benefiting-from-greeces-brain-drain/ 14 comments europe
- Just another scary Spanish capital flight chart http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/07/11/1080121/just-another-scary-spanish-capital-flight-chart/ 3 comments europe
- What comes first: European banking, political, or fiscal union? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/06/18/1048541/what-comes-first-european-banking-political-or-fiscal-union/ 23 comments europe
- Why QE won't work http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/04/04/949241/why-qe-is-being-mis-sold/ 3 comments investing
- Ronaldo and Kaka used as collateral in bank loan http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/07/29/637781/when-footballers-become-collateral/ 30 comments soccer
- Egypt CDS blew out 50bps in just over an hour to 450bps http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/01/28/473391/in-pharaohs-markets-part-two/ 4 comments economy
- Greece become Libertarians wet dreams, as IMF forces the mass sell off of public assets to extremely wealthy private interests. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/06/02/249781/greek-fire-sale/ 3 comments reddit.com
- "German domination of Euroland is a disaster" http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/03/16/176711/german-domination-of-euroland-is-a-disaster/ 5 comments europe
- Some are troubled that the serial-numbered Friday physical bar listings from GLD (the largest U.S. gold-backed ETF) shrank from over a thousand pages to around 200 for a couple of weeks this month, before jumping back to 855 pages after growing online chatter. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/10/27/79826/glds-mysterious-disappearing-gold-bar-list/ 4 comments economy
- Screw You DeBeers and All the Money You've Cost Me Over the Years… May Your Company Burn in Hell http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/24/63701/lex-debeers/ 3 comments reddit.com
- The end of the yen’s ’safe haven’ status? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/25/52859/the-end-of-the-yens-safe-haven-status/ 2 comments economy
- Financial Times blog post explains one aspect of why the "great modellers" of the financial industry got risk so wrong. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/13/52442/failing-the-stress-test-or-in-the-long-run-were-all-dead/ 4 comments economy
- How do you say ‘oops’ in Russian? - ... Russian banks and businesses may ask foreign banks to restructure loans worth $400bn. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/10/52268/how-do-you-say-oops-in-russian/ 12 comments economy
- Jim Rogers: "It’s finished. I hate to say it, but I would not put any money in the UK” http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/20/51379/rogers-the-uk-is-finished/ 40 comments business
- I, Ireland - What happens when a triple-A rated sovereign government’s credit rating is cut? Quite a lot of unpleasant things really. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/14/51122/i-ireland/ 4 comments economy
- UK house prices - nearly where they should be http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/06/50799/uk-house-prices-nearly-where-they-should-be/ 2 comments economy
- US dollar has now lost more than a third of its value (-35%) against a basket of major currencies since Feb 2002 and its decline is accelerating [CHART] http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2007/11/07/8713/the-dollars-slide-13-down-and-falling-faster/ 59 comments reddit.com