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...Bartnett-Hart’s thesis, entitled “The Story of the CDO Market Meltdown: An Empirical Analysis,” was awarded summa cum laude after she turned it in a year ago, today. She won the Harvard Hoopes Prize for her thesis – a prestigious award given each year for outstanding theses, papers, or final projects by junior or seniors...
...Bartnett-Hart’s findings? As she explains in her abstract, her research “suggest[s] that the problems in the CDO [Collateralized Debt Obligations, for the non-ec types out there] market were caused by a combination of poorly constructed CDOs, irresponsible underwriting practices, and flawed credit rating procedures.” Seems simple enough. But why couldn’t someone with more experience than an undergrad offer the same insight...
...Lewis told WSJ blog reporters, “[Bartnett-Hart’s thesis] was a classic example of the innocent going to Wall Street and asking the right questions. [It] shows there were ways to discover things that everyone should have wanted to know. That it took a 22-year-old Harvard student to find them out is just outrageous...
...morning last week, Reporter Malcolm Johnson was awakened by the jangle of the telephone. The boss was on the line. Edmond Bartnett, city editor of the New York Sun, wanted Reporter Johnson to hustle right down to the office, two hours earlier than usual. "Mr. Speed has an assignment for you," said Bartnett mysteriously. "It's a tough...
Habits & Tropical Fish. Under the Dewarts, nothing changed. Executive Editor Speed continued to "mister" his staffers, including City Editor Bartnett, though 60% of them had worked for the Sun for 15 years or more. When he entered the museumlike quiet of the too-neat city room, Speed snuffed out his cigarette because that was the rule in Mr. Munsey's day, and "habits are hard to break...