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Bank Roundup 11/9 | Volatility
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November 9, 2009. Filed under: Bailouts Only Reopened the Casino. 8212; Tags: Clinton. 8212; Russ @ 9:21 am. 1 The week’s most important story was every week’s most important story, the jobs front. The new federal report was devastating. In all, more than one out of every six workers 17.5 percent were unemployed or underemployed in October. The previous recorded high was 17.1 percent, in December 1982. The failure of the banks and the bailouts is manifest, absolute. No one’s even trying to argu...Think o...
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Same-Sex Marriage and Time | The Baseline Scenario
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What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Free Markets and H1N1 →. Same-Sex Marriage and Time. November 4, 2009. Yesterday Maine voted to restrict marriage. To opposite-sex couples. It’s a sad day for people who believe that all couples who love each other should be allowed to marry, full stop. But the chart below may cushion the blow a tiny bit. It’s from a paper by Jeffrey Lax and Justin Phillips, “ Gay Rights in the States: Public Opinion and Policy Responsiveness. 82 responses ...
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Wall Street Journal Runs Inaccurate Piece on Antiforclosure Lawyers | naked capitalism
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The Perils of Studying Economics | The Baseline Scenario
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What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Investment Banks and the World Cup. Can the Buy Side Take on the Sell Side? The Perils of Studying Economics. June 8, 2010. At the New York Times recently wrote about a New York Fed study. Studying economics also affects your position on several public policy issues. Of seven issues, economics courses were significantly associated with the five following positions (Table 6):. Trade deficits are not so bad. Free marketers than professional e...