Pete Peterson formerly of Blackstone, CFR, Lehman and Secretary of Commerce

Pete Peterson is a fascinating individual, he came from humble beginnings and went on to work at executive levels in some of the most well known finance houses in the world. He mentions some of the deficit fears that have been laid out in this blog many times in the past and the inflationary risk that comes with it, Peterson is in agreement with Volcker that there is a serious dollar risk forming.

Peterson is also a human, he is one of the few Wall St. legends to come out and admit that he needed psychotherapy in the past, this interview is absolutely worth watching and learning from.

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Alan Blinder talks to Charlie Rose

I know on the last post with Charlie Rose I said ‘this is a must see’ but cancel that, this one is the must see of the day!

This is a conversation about the growing fiscal deficit with Alan Blinder, Professor of Economics at Princeton University and Director of Princeton’s Center for Economic Policy Studies, David Leonhardt of “The New York Times” and Alan J. Auerbach, Professor of Economics and Law, Director of the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley

Alan Blinder of Princeton is a brilliant economist with both academic and practitioner experience, I always find his views really interesting.

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Nouriel Roubini, Bill Gross & Warren Buffett.

Nouriel Roubini talks to TechTicker and also comments on some of the things Bill Gross of Pimco has been saying about the economic crisis.

In the second video Roubini talks about how long he believes the recession will last, he is now saying it will be a 36 month ‘U-shaped’ recession. His bearish views are getting gloomier by the day, however, it is important to remember that he has been on the money in his forecasts so far.

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Nouriel Roubini, Bill Gross & Warren Buffett.

Nouriel Roubini talks to TechTicker and also comments on some of the things Bill Gross of Pimco has been saying about the economic crisis.

In the second video Roubini talks about how long he believes the recession will last, he is now saying it will be a 36 month ‘U-shaped’ recession. His bearish views are getting gloomier by the day, however, it is important to remember that he has been on the money in his forecasts so far.

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Charlie Rose with Nouriel Roubini, Mark Zandi, Fred Mishkin and Nina Easton

An interesting talk on the Charlie Rose show with Nouriel Roubini, Mark Zandi, Fred Mishkin and Nina Easton.

At just after 6 minutes Nina Easton makes an interesting point: No fiscal policy ever changed an economy, would this be going on the record saying Keynesian economics were not the cause of the end of the Great Depression? The other economists present didn’t disagree.

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