The Big Short. Stories about banking at First Republic […]

Posted by on May 1, 2023 in Guest Speakers | Comments Off on The Big Short. Stories about banking at First Republic […] April 28, 2016.  On this date, a member of the executive team of First Republic spoke to the students of the University of San Francisco about banking.  Unfortunately, we were asked by the bank to remove this video after the collapse of First Republic bank and the takeover by J.P. Morgan.  I hope to bring future guest speakers to help illuminate the problems in banking, bank runs, and with...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics: You’re thinking of this place all wrong – the money’s not here – [its] in Joe’s house…

Posted by on Oct 10, 2022 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics: You’re thinking of this place all wrong – the money’s not here – [its] in Joe’s house… Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2022 was announced today, October 10, 2022. It went to Ben Bernanke (former Federal Reserve chairman), Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig.   Bernanke is 68 years old and was born in Augusta, Georgia.  He obtained his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   His Nobel-winning...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 3, 2022 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: This week begins the annual announcement of Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields.  The economics Nobel prize will be announced on October 10, 2022 (Columbus Day). Last Year’s Winner Last year’s prize went to David Card, Josh Angrist, and Guido Imbens “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships”.  Who will win in 2022? As I’ve said before, it’s...
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Chincarini speaks about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and Free Speech

Posted by on Apr 26, 2022 in Media | Comments Off on Chincarini speaks about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and Free Speech April 25, 2022. Chincarini speaks about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and Free Speech.  
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. E’ Solo Un Trucco

Posted by on Oct 11, 2021 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. E’ Solo Un Trucco Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2021 was announced today, October 11, 2021. It went to David Card, Josh Angrist, and Guido Imbens. Card is 65 years old and was born in Guelph, Canada.  He obtained his B.A. from the Queens University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University.   His Nobel-winning work was done while at Princeton University.  He is currently a...
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