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The IT challenges of a Grexit are important not only in and of themselves, but as a window into the creaky state of bank IT and the systemic risk it poses.
Read more...The IT challenges of a Grexit are important not only in and of themselves, but as a window into the creaky state of bank IT and the systemic risk it poses.
Read more...Why believing that there must be an easy way for Greece to pull of a Grexit does not make it so.
Read more...Why selling magic sparkle ponies, in the form of presenting a conversion to the drachma as easy when it isn’t, makes for bad IT and even worse policy prescriptions.
Read more...Carbon taxes are one of the most effective ways to curb the use of fossil fuels and promote renewable energy sources. And they also help businesses because providing for a predictable price of carbon encourages investment. Has their time finally arrived?
Read more...Why financial firm IT is a bigger and more imminent source of systemic risk than you might think.
Read more...Why it will probably take no less than three years to do the IT implementation related to a Grexit.
Read more...Is debt really that bad? This column looks at the towering debts, rapid tax hikes, and constant state of war that led to Britain’s Industrial Revolution, showing that the devil is in the detail when assessing sovereign debt. When we consider the dangers of debt in today’s world, we should keep an eye on its potential benefits as well.
Read more...Why the left is not doing itself, or the Greek people, any favors by minimizing the difficulties in converting to the drachma.
Read more...Technical approaches to representing power relations, as exemplified by Chris Christie’s web of corruption.
Read more...Why bank IT is more of a mess than you possibly imagined, and why that matters.
Read more...Those who consider a Grexit, meaning reintroducing drachma, to be a sine qua non for Greece moving forward have no idea of what that entails.
Read more...Why the Greek government and Greek citizens recognize that a Grexit is a terrible idea for them.
Read more...A detailed explainer on how card systems work and what the impact of a drachma re-introduction would be for them.
Read more...Why the bogus idea that managers should focus on “maximizing shareholder value” is driving the American IT industry into the ditch.
Read more...The popularity of certain cities is explained by their attractiveness for innovative enterprises and high-educated top talent. Is this a durable trend?
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