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Andy Kessler

6 articles 2006–2012

Andy Kessler is an author, former hedge fund manager, and Wall Street Journal columnist known for writing about technology, finance, and markets. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard between 2006 and 2012, covering topics including hedge funds, monetary policy, bandwidth, and the intersection of technology with education. His books include "Wall Street Meat" and "Running Money."

Putting the Toothpaste Back into the Tube

April 27, 2009 · Features, Magazine, Andy Kessler

So how is Fed chairman Ben Bernanke going to get all that toothpaste back into the tube? The Fed has been cranking money out like water over Niagara Falls. The monetary base has increased by a trillion dollars in just the last six months. And he's not done, furiously printing dollars (bank credits,…

The Demise of a Giant Hedge Fund

October 13, 2008 · Features, Magazine, Andy Kessler

Before the last of Wall Street gets sold off as day-old fish on Fulton Street or washed into the East River altogether it's worth asking, what is Wall Street these days anyway?

YouTube U.

October 29, 2007 · Magazine, Andy Kessler

Without much fanfare, college lectures are being put online, for free. MIT lectures can be downloaded from iTunes University, and you can watch Cal professors pontificate on your computer via YouTube. Is this some new trend? Do colleges feel threatened by Wikipedia? Something funny is going on. No…

Give Me Bandwidth . . .

June 26, 2006 · Magazine, Andy Kessler

FINDING IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND the "net neutrality" debate? On one side are the hip, cool, billionaire web service companies like Google, eBay, Yahoo, and even Microsoft. Net neutrality is their rallying cry. Despite the fact that they are basically schlocky ad salesmen on a grand scale, they're…