jsphctrl.ft.com
Emerging Markets correspondent at the Financial Times; sovereign debt thinkfluencer; I like comics
👤 Joined on 09 Oktober 2023
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@jsphctrl.bsky.social@jsphctrl.bsky.social → @jsphctrl.ft.com*LAGARDE: WANT TO HAVE FREEDOM TO ENGAGE IN NON-POLICY MATTERS *LAGARDE: DON'T THINK I CAN REMAIN NEUTRAL IN CURRENT SITUATION *LAGARDE: TRUTH OFTEN DAMAGED, CONTRADICTED BY MISREPRESENTATION
Show PostBTG Pactual is a name I hadn’t heard for a while. Reminded me of its vice chairman Huw Jenkins - another name I hadn’t heard for a while - who was head of UBS Investment Bank in the countdown to the financial crisis and who is worth significantly less on paper today than he was yesterday
Show PostThe defense of prediction markets being out by margin on the Brazil outcome will surely be something like "well, 20% event happens one every five times, don't you understand probability, duh". Correct take, but then I'm like, oh so you DO admit it's just like gambling?
Show PostHaving grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
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