Silicon Valley likes leaders with star power, and they don’t come any bigger than Marissa Mayer, the newly anointed head of Yahoo. Her resume is surely the template for a post-modern, information-age celebrity CEO — Stanford artificial intelligence degree, employee No. 20 at Google, developer of the iconic white search page, user …
Money Talking: Could Dodd-Frank Fix the Financial Sector?
On this week’s edition of WNYC’s Money Talking, Rana Foroohar of Time and Joe Nocera of the New York Times weigh in on whether the Dodd-Frank financial reform law would have prevented the financial snafus that have plagued the banking sector recently.
How Barclays Loaded the LIBOR Dice
The LIBOR scandal unfolding across the Atlantic has huge ramifications for American consumers.
Money Talking: Will Obamacare Ruling Save You Money?
Will the ruling on Obamacare actually save you money? Does it address the right issues? And is the age of the celebrity CEO back?
Moody’s Downgrades — Should We Care?
You’d be forgiven for asking who cares about Moody’s downgrading yesterday of 15 of the world’s biggest banks, including giants like Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase …
Money Talking: Is the Supreme Court Pro-Business?
Are CEOs who throw their underlings under the bus typical? Is the Supreme Court really pro-business? New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and I take a look at these questions and more on the latest installment of WNYC’s new radio show, “Money Talking,” which you can hear by clicking on the play button below.
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Beware the Bond Bubble
Few investors in these troubled times would dream of expecting double digit returns.
Money Talking: What Matters More to Voters, Gas Prices or Jobs?
A lot of people say gas prices will affect the election. But, in fact, the unemployment rate is a lot more important as a political predictor. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and I examine the connection between economics and elections — as well as how lousy we all are at predicting risk, and the top financial news of the week — on …
Money Talking: TIME’s Rana Foroohar Hits the Airwaves With Weekly Radio Show
Today marked the debut of “Money Talking,” a weekly radio show featuring TIME’s own Curious Capitalist columnist, Rana Foroohar, along with New York Times op-ed columnist Joe Nocera and veteran television journalist Jeff Greenfield, who hosts.
Promising to “translate” the week’s most important economic and business news for those of …
Citi’s CEO Pay Revolt: Capitalism Is Back, Baby!
One of the more gratifying moments so far this year – at least in the realm of high finance – was the decision last week by shareholders of Citigroup to reject a $15 million pay package for CEO Vikram Pandit. The shareholders …
The Economics of Marriage: Will “Putting A Ring On It” Cut Poverty?
I have been thinking a lot about the economics of marriage, especially given that it’s such a huge issue in the Republican primaries. Rick Santorum has argued that to avoid poverty, all Americans need to do is finish high …
The Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Is the celebrity CEO back? You might think so given the buzz in business schools these days over the leadership lessons to be learned from the late Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson’s best selling biography of the Apple founder gave us a uniquely anthropological view of Jobs, who was both bully and genius. That has a lot of folks in …