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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

Japan Nuclear Crisis vs. the Titanic

Apr 3, 2011| 4

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear threat and the sinking of the Titanic are both disasters caused by acts of nature – earthquake and tsunami in one case, an iceberg... Read »

Public Unions vs. the Real Underdog

Mar 12, 2011| 1

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker successfully made the financial case to limit collective bargaining by public unions. Not only have the unions imposed an immense... Read »

Voters’ Best Interest

Dec 18, 2010| 

Ronald Dworkin, a well-known legal scholar, describes last month’s election results as depressing and puzzling. In a commentary in the New York Review of Books,... Read »

Insider Trading Regulatory Bubble

Dec 7, 2010| 1

After going easy for years on the fraudster Bernard Madoff, the Securities and Exchange Commission is now engaged in an all-out war against insider trading.  After... Read »

Thanksgivings Past

Nov 24, 2010| 

Thanksgiving was originally a spontaneous celebration. Over time it grew into a social custom. It did not become an official holiday until Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving... Read »

Broken Banks, Durable Delusions

Sep 1, 2010| 

Some 829 commercial banks are at risk of failure, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. This year 118 banks already failed and were taken over by the... Read »

Fannie, Freddie and Mortgage Addiction

Aug 26, 2010| 1

In the first inning of what looks to be an intricate political game, the Obama administration and its financial industry allies suggested that the economy needs... Read »

China Catch-Up and Two Freedoms

Aug 18, 2010| 1

China is expected to produce more than Japan this year, thereby becoming the world’s second largest economy after the US.   Chinese annual output is only $5... Read »

Market Circuit Breakers as Regulatory Zombies

Jul 10, 2010| 

Last month the Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchanges started another experiment with circuit breakers. The new rule puts a stop to trading for... Read »

Lobbyist Job Creation Act

Jul 2, 2010| 

Happy Fourth of July! Don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but  the state of the Republic requires serious thought. Our government has managed to create... Read »

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