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Chidem Kurdas

Chidem Kurdas is a financial journalist, analyst and writer.

Throughout her career she has held numerous positions, including: Research Analyst at Thomson Reuters, New York Bureau Chief at HedgeWorld, News Editor at Infovest21, Senior Associate Editor at Medical Economics Publications at The Thomson Corporation. She is currently Editor at Opalesque Futures Intelligence.

She holds a PhD in Economics from New School University.

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Chidem Kurdas's Latest Articles | 54

Emerging Hope in Greece

Dec 13, 2011| 

The Greek economy continues to shrink. With the wider European debt crisis and slump hampering Greek recovery, the recession may persist through 2013.   Amid the... Read »

Fannie, Dodd-Frank and Barney Frank

Dec 2, 2011| 

Barney Frank  won’t run for Congress after his present term expires.  This May there were news stories about his  ex-lover getting a high-paying job at mortgage... Read »

Energy Policy vs. Market

Nov 15, 2011| 

No matter how thoroughly public policy fails, there is no end to efforts in the same area.  Energy is a case in point. Reviewing the history of US energy policy... Read »

Politics of Healthcare Rationing

Oct 12, 2011| 

The Obama administration’s remake of the US healthcare system stands on three legs. It makes the purchase of insurance compulsory. It doles out new entitlements... Read »

Revolution on Wall Street?

Oct 3, 2011| 1

Protestors have “occupied” a square near Wall Street for weeks. Hundreds of them were arrested, some 700 while blocking the Brooklyn Bridge. The movement may... Read »

Fannie Freddie Lawsuit and Risk Arbitrage

Sep 7, 2011| 

Last week the Federal Housing Finance Agency filed suits against 17 major banks and mortgage businesses for misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regarding the risks... Read »

Spending Cuts and Politics of Bureaucracy

Aug 2, 2011| 

I just read The Politics of Bureaucracy by Gordon Tullock, one of the best books written on the behavior of bureaucrats. Although originally published in 1965,... Read »

Policy Makers and Irrational Exuberance

Jun 16, 2011| 

Robert Shiller says the speculative bubble in real estate was driven by “a contagion of optimism” that pushed up prices and expectations in a feed-back loop.... Read »

Why Dodd-Frank is Dud-Blarney

Jun 1, 2011| 

It is a shame that Christopher Dodd  did not become a lobbyist earlier, before he teamed up with Barney Frank to sponsor the Dodd-Frank Act. Mr. Dodd first helped... Read »

Are Swiss Banks Socially Useless?

May 13, 2011| 

That’s a daft question, but it is suggested by what became conventional political wisdom in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Finance was vilified and financial... Read »

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