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Tag Archives: Societe Generale
Journalism Failures — Big Time
— – In February 2001, Fortune magazine named ENRON the “most innovative company”. – In October 2007, Robin Hanson, on the Overcoming Bias blog, re-published the falsehood that James Surowiecki (and 3 other book authors in their respective book) made … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Finance, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Enron, errors, failures, Fortune, Francis Galton, James Surowiecki, Jerome Kerviel, journalim, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Marc Andreessen, Michigan, mistakes, Open Media, prediction markets, risk, Risk magazine, Robin Hanson, Societe Generale, USD
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Did the Fed make one of the biggest emergency rate cuts ever because of one rogue French trader?
Sources: New York Times via Bloomberg
Posted in Finance
Tagged Bloomberg, Federal Reserve System, Financial Markets, New York Times, Societe Generale, Trader
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