http://observer.com Thu, 23 May 2013 21:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/dac0f3722a48a53be75eb06c0c4f5119?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://observer.com http://observer.com/2012/05/when-your-holiday-in-spain-gives-way-to-stds-soveriegn-transmitted-debt/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 14:38:27 -0400 http://observer.com/2012/05/when-your-holiday-in-spain-gives-way-to-stds-soveriegn-transmitted-debt/ Patrick Clark http://observer.com/?p=243440 And then this happened: Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Engle played Mark Fiore's satirical advertisement for a fictional pharmaceutical called ContagionEx—"sovereign transmitted debts don't have to be embarrassing or keep you from other financial relationships"—at the end of a highly technical lecture on systemic risk today at the NYU/Moody's Credit Risk Conference today. Heidi Moore says the wonks were nearly rolling in the aisles. The video is below.

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