Paddy Hirsch

Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard.

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Jul 24, 2009
Made in China
The Alliance for American Manufacturing sent us this chart today, noting that aside from oil imports, the U.S. trade deficit is dominated by…
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Jul 24, 2009
Come on ye Reds!
Fans of Liverpool Football Club are gripping the edges of their seats today, but not because it's two-all in the last seconds of overtime. The cl…
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Jul 24, 2009
Morning reading
Last year, then Chairman of the SEC, Christopher Cox, banned naked short selling of shares for a period. Discussion of nakedness in the markets s…
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Jul 24, 2009
Zandi: the Great Recession … is coming to an end
With the Dow up 188 points and finishing in the 9000s, Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson did a quick-and-dirty straw poll of economists….
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Jul 24, 2009
Subprime myths
Yuliya Demyanyk has published an intriguing piece on the Cleveland Fed website. Ten Myths about Subprime Mortgages, it's called. Demyanyk is a s…
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Jul 24, 2009
What do lawmakers really know?
Manuel Quinones of Capital News Connection quizzed some Tennessee representatives about the financial crisis – well, about derivatives, anyway -…
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Jul 23, 2009
Bustin’ out
The Dow pumped up about 9000 this morning, thanks to a bunch of good earnings numbers. Ford, AT&T and EBay all look better than expected. Thr…
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Jul 23, 2009
Morning Reading
Earnings are likely to move the markets today, and they're swamping the headlines this morning, but there is some more color out there. Reuters …
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Jul 7, 2009
Dark pools: An explainer
Marketplace
Dark pools are exchanges where people trade stocks anonymously. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how they work, and why the SEC is considering regulating them.
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May 23, 2009
Meet Cap ‘n Trade
Marketplace
Cap and Trade is the linchpin of the government's effort to curb carbon emissions. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how the cap and trade model works.
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