William Pesek
William Pesek is based in Tokyo and writes on economics, markets and politics throughout the Asia-Pacific region. His journalism awards include the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary.
Since joining Bloomberg in 2000, Pesek's columns have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald, the New York Post, the Straits Times, the Japan Times and many other publications around the world. Pesek began his journalism career writing for the American Banker and Bond Buyer newspapers. He also worked for Dow Jones Newswires, where he wrote the daily credit markets column for The Wall Street Journal. Pesek earned a bachelor's degree in business journalism from Bernard M. Baruch College-City University of New York.
Articles By William Pesek
Bubble in Austerity Shows Europe Is Ignoring 1997
As Greece burns, European officials fiddle and Asia braces for another global crisis, my thoughts are on Thailand.
Hedge Funds Circle as Japan’s Asset Bubble Grows
It’s limbo, Japanese-style: How low can bond yields go without triggering a meltdown?
Even $3 Trillion Can’t Buy China Love or Good PR
China’s $3.3 trillion of currency reserves are a nice thing to have when you want to polish your image. Even if money can’t buy you love, it sure can buy lots of positive buzz.
Citi’s Killer App Gives Hope to iPhone Sweatshops
The iPhone has become a symbol of something Steve Jobs never envisioned: Chinese sweatshops.
Earning $20 a Day Makes You One of the Lucky Few
Buying overpriced coffee at foreign- owned cafes in developing nations always gets me thinking: How many hours must the average local work to afford a cup?
Obama’s Audacity Goes Missing in Chen’s Ordeal: William Pesek
There are many ways to read the odyssey of dissident Chen Guangcheng: China’s leaders are heartless thugs; Hillary Clinton wimped out; the rights activist is either emotionally unstable or a master opportunist mugging for the international cameras.
Hillary Clinton’s Headaches Are Waiting in China
Hillary Clinton’s Beijing agenda is growing longer and more daunting by the minute.
The Bank of Japan: Not as Powerful as Tokyo Thinks
Want to know why Japan's two-decade-long funk has stretched into a third? This week's focus on the Bank of Japan offers timely clues.
Hedge-Fund Managers Can Pass Up a Look Down Under
For Australia, it’s all coming down to bananas once again.
Billionaires Make Killing Amid China Murder Tale
It’s the rare scandal that involves murder, corruption, Harvard University and comparisons to Jacqueline Kennedy. The Bo Xilai kerfuffle now mesmerizing China offers all this and perhaps more: It could forever change an entire political system.
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