Interview with Nouriel Roubini, Economics Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Length 13:31
Bloomberg, February 10, 2009
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Q: Why do Economists provide estimates of inflation to the nearest tenth of a percent? A: To prove they have a sense of humour.
"The Greek offer is not sufficient and they have to go away to come up with a revised plan," said a spokesman for the German Finance Ministry. The Greeks must first have a plan that satisfies the Germans which this comment states they clearly don't yet and then the Greek Parliament will vote on it this weekend. This said, whatever package gets voted on in Greece is basically an up or down vote on euro membership so we are entering another uncertain weekend for global markets. A failed vote will likely lead to a hard default which may be what...
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February 10th, 2009 at 11:08 am
I contrast this professional interview by Kathleen Hayes to the awful interview by the CNBC stooges yesterday. This is why I watch Bloomberg and avoid CNBC like the plague.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I agree, I just got angry and stopped watching. It seems like not very smart people trying to dominate when they have nothing to offer. CNBC has the ratings, I don’t know why…..
February 11th, 2009 at 8:18 am
How many times has Nouriel Roubini answered questions beginning with “But what about …”, – it’s almost comical!
I don’t think we’re going to get solutions via media.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
The interview reminded me of a bit of the first episode of Red Dwarf. Start at 20:00.