December 2009
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BIS Quarterly Review, Dec 2009 of note
Dollar appreciation in 2008: safe haven, carry trades, dollar shortage and overhedging Many observers were surprised by the US dollar’s appreciation in late 2008, the sharpest in the period since generalised floating began in 1973. In their feature, Robert McCauley and Patrick McGuire (BIS) argue that a combination of factors contributed to this development. First, the US dollar benefited from...
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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“The Internet is causing mass homogenization of human identity, making us all...”
– Jonathan Harris, “Our Digital Crisis”, Vignette #3, World Building in a Crazy World, 2009. (index)
Dec 25th
Dec 24th
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“The potential drone vulnerability lies in an unencrypted downlink between the...”
– Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.com (via quietbabylon) (via ripperdoc)
Dec 19th
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“The Guests are scatterd thro’ the land For the Eye altering alters all;...”
– “The Mental Traveller” by William Blake
Dec 18th