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The Trouble with Holland and Hollande
I am sure the Dutch Consul General in Turkey is extremely disappointed. You can find out why he is disappointed in my latest Hurriyet Daily News column. I am not sure if this is my best column; I will actually argue below that it is far from being that, but it is certainly one of [...]
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TV Time for Turkish economy and Syria
I have two of my recent interviews for your viewing pleasure. The first was done a few weeks ago for CCTV and is about the economic cost of Syrian refugees. I start at the 2.15 mark (man have I grown really fat since the previous video in the summer; that’s an artifact of too much [...]
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Don’t Make Central Banking Interesting
There wasn’t much new about the Central Bank of Turkey’s rate-setting decision last week other than the revelation that “additional monetary tightening may be implemented more frequently in the forthcoming period.” Here’s the intro. to my latest Hurriyet Daily News column. You can read the rest at the Daily News website. BTW, if you are [...]
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How Does the Central Bank of Turkey Decide That a Given Day Is a Special One
Another guest post from Ali G (not the rapper- sorry for the bad joke, but I am just preparing you for Monday’s column). Small edits here and there, I don’t touch the style, just minor grammar stuff… And my comments are at the very bottom… CBRT ended the latest special days streak as of 18th [...]
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Turkey: My fourteen-oh-four moment
Who said economists can’t have fun: As loyal readers would know, I have been a staunch critic of Turkish monetary policy. But some key events last week have lifted this veil of ignorance and made me reconsider my position. Here’s the intro. to my column that was published on April 1 . You can read the [...]
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Saving Private Savings: The Turkish Savings Trilogy
In the spirit of The Lord of The Rings, I recently attempted my own trilogy about the low Turkish private savings, along with a cheesy title paying homage to one of my (and everyone’s I guess) favorite WWII movies. In fact, I was never planning a trilogy when I first wrote about the issue right [...]
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Which Creates More Ambiguity; Central Bank of Turkey or Neighbors?
Here’s the inaugural post for my new project of letting in guest posts. I will usually have some short comments right below the guest posts, as well as a sentence or two indicating that this is a guest post: For example, if someone is saying that the Central Bank is doing great (and I would [...]
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Looking for a few good bloggers
First of all, I should apologize for the cheesy movie reference, to which I am used to from my columns:)…. I am looking for a few food bloggers, both for this blog and also for Hurriyet Daily News, where I write econ. columns. Here are the details: For my blog, I have decided to accept [...]
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Four Passover Seder Questions
Here’s how a Muslim (at least, on paper) economist demonstrates religious tolerance: Since I am undoubtedly a member of the Zionist interest rate lobby according to pro-government daily Sabah, I might start acting like one by celebrating the Easter and Passover of my heathen readers. In my latest Hurriyet Daily News column, I try a [...]
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Greece and Turkey: Throwing Stones in a Glass House
Weekend is for non-econ / lighter stuff, so here we go: The comments to my post Greece, Europe and Turkey; Euro, Drachma and Lira summarize the views of Greeks and Turks towards each other really well… The title comes from reader Christos’ last comment: “”he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones” [...]
