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Buttonwood's notebook | The Economist » Nov 1st 2017, 14:41 by Buttonwood. PUT the word Bitcoin into Google and you get (in Britain, at least) four adverts at the top of the list: "Trade Bitcoin with no fees", "Fastest Way to Buy Bitcoin", "Where to Buy Bitcoins" and "Looking to Invest in Bitcoins". Travelling to work on the tube this week, your blogger saw an ad... Economist.com

The rise and fall of bitcoin - Tales from the crypto » Jan 17, 2018 ...by Buttonwood. THE great Sir Isaac Newton may have revolutionised our knowledge of the world but he still had his blind spots. He was sucked into the great mania of his day, the South Sea Bubble (pictured) and lost a lot of money. “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of... Economist.com

Strategies of Companies in the Recent Business Environment ... » The Sovereign Debt Crisis. Brookings. http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/ 2013/thesovereigndebtcrisis;. Buttonwood. and Greece, 2011: Buttonwood. Greece and the Sovereign Debt Crisis. The Economist. Jun 8th. 2011; http://www. economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2011/06/greece-and-sovereign-debt-crisis. Sciencedirect.com

Greater fool theory: The bitcoin bubble » ...with the Mississippi and the contemporaneous South Sea bubbles. And because investors know that could happen, there is every incentive to sell first. When the crash comes, and it cannot be too far away, it will be dramatic. https:// www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2017/11/greater-fool-theory-0... Bitcointalk.org

Why Even Experienced Fund Managers Don't Beat The Market ... » Aug 10, 2014 ...The best, it seems, is the enemy of the good. In the hope of earning outstanding returns, investors are paying active fund-management fees that will only dilute the modest returns they are likely to earn. Economist.com/blogs/buttonwood. Click here to subscribe to The Economist. More: The Economist. Businessinsider.com

International Competition and Fiscal Differentiations under ... » Dec 2, 2015 ...Such an attitude changes many things in the realm of international competition, which is therefore more and more shifted to the economic realm. Democratic view -points emerge also if we ...Buttonwood and Greece, 2011: Buttonwood, Greece and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, The Economist, Jun 8th, 2011;... Sciencedirect.com

The curious case of missing global productivity growth - Light-bulb ... » Jan 11, 2017 ...by Buttonwood. WORK smarter, not harder. It is one of the more irritating things that a boss can tell you. But at the macroeconomic level, it is important. Growth can come from having more labour (recruiting more workers, or making existing employees work for longer hours), more capital, or from using that... Economist.com

The bitcoin bubble - Greater fool theory » Nov 1, 2017 ...by Buttonwood. PUT the word Bitcoin into Google and you get (in Britain, at least) four adverts at the top of the list: "Trade Bitcoin with no fees", "Fastest Way to Buy Bitcoin", "Where to Buy Bitcoins" and "Looking to Invest in Bitcoins". Travelling to work on the tube this week, your blogger saw an ad offering... Economist.com

Greater fool theory: the bitcoin bubble - Counterargument — Steemit » I saw this article of Buttonwood in the Economist: https://www.economist.com/ blogs/buttonwood/2017/11/greater-fool-theory-0. As many critics it shows a lack of understanding of the whole cryptos ecosystem. To compare with the dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 just made me laugh a bit, there are many losers and a few... Steemit.com

Euphoria returns to markets - The recovery trade » Feb 17, 2017 ...by Buttonwood. LIKE the weather in Chicago, you don't have to wait long for a new trend in the stockmarkets. Just a few weeks ago, investors seemed to have second thoughts about their Trump-related euphoria (which itself was a contrast to the widespread nervousness ahead of the election). Now they... Economist.com