Beggars can't be choosers | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

because he is the chief economist of Citibank, the biggest of the zombie banks.

His silence is cheap for the price Citi is paying...

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Nov 20th, 2010 at 11:56:48 AM EST
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That article was published on VoxEU 3 months after he joined Citi.

In any case, I would still "draft" Buiter for ECB President. He's written the most cogent stuff I've read about Central Banking and his report with Ann Sibert on Iceland (6 months before the crash) is a must-read for the qualitative discussions of banking and systemic risk.

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 20th, 2010 at 12:47:20 PM EST
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Re: Buiter is now silent (none / 0)

Are you - or is anyone else - aware of similar thinking in Germany? Because, frankly, what the Brits think right now probably doesn't matter a whole lot...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Sat Nov 20th, 2010 at 02:56:07 PM EST
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Good to know (none / 0)

thanks. Still, his voice is less heard now (at least on ET).

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Nov 20th, 2010 at 05:09:28 PM EST
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Re: Buiter is now silent (4.00 / 2)

Migeru:

That article was published on VoxEU 3 months after he joined Citi.

I just realised I had back-dated his joining City by 1 year...

So, you're right, he's a lot quieter in 2010 after joining Citi.

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 22nd, 2010 at 06:41:36 AM EST
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Beggars can't be choosers | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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