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The Fates Of The Euro

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The euro must decide which one of the remaining two Moirai applies to its condition, with the Germans hoping that it is not Atropos, and the French telling the Germans how to avoid the destiny of … Continue reading

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Who Could Win World War II?

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa (I now temporarily live in Buffalo, New York, until I move back for work to the DC-Area.) I live in a small cosmopolitan town outside Washington, D.C. Rockville, Maryland, with a population of about … Continue reading

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Why The Yen Should Be The Global Reserve Currency

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Mourning the lives lost in the atomic bombing, we pledge to convey the truth of this tragedy throughout Japan and the world, pass it on to the future, learn the lessons of history, and … Continue reading

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Greece, The Fed And The European Central Bank

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The chief of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jean-Claude Trichet, is a very disciplined and wise man. It is clear that the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union (EU) is not … Continue reading

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Lightweight Must Not Be Thrown Around

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Tim Geithner, is still living in the 1990s in his heyday as the chief American negotiator during the Asian crisis when he had practiced the … Continue reading

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The Euraid No-Pass

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The nerves of the high-speed steel rails that run across Europe somehow do not seem to be applicable to its finances. The toothlessness of euro area rules is being exploited. And Greece has become … Continue reading

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Barbarians v. Romans At The ECB

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa It is being reported that professional economists favor the hawkish-dovish north-south axis to run the euro. The Frankfurt-based European Central Bank (ECB) at once likes German post-Weimar hawkishness on inflation as well as only … Continue reading

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Dumplings With Hummus Anyone?

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa In the world of exchange rates, especially if it involves a contest for economic stability and recovery between the two largest economic regions on the planet that make up one-half of the global economy … Continue reading

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