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the elastic thinker: May 2010
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More on the ECB. More soul-searching at the ECB. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/global/31deflation.html. Banking on Europe - the ECB's Uncharted Waters. Just in time for the 50th post of this less-than-illustrious blog, the Greek debt crisis reaches a fever pitch and her European neighbors step in to save the day. By sacrificing the ECB's independence in the short run, the European authorities have mortgaged away the biggest strength of its currency. This will hurt the value of the euro i...
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the elastic thinker: April 2010
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Financial System Reform in the U.S.: What Happens Next. Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. Yesterday hosted a lecture with two movers-and-shakers, past and present, in the world of financial regulation in the United States: former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt, and current Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Gary Gensler. The topic: how to reform a regulatory system that fell asleep at the wheel and failed to detect a crisis. In the end, the discussion i...
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the elastic thinker: Bottom-up Financial Reform
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The financial reform bill recently signed by President Obama will attempt to attack numerous regulatory gaps and enforce new consumer protections to prevent the next global economic crisis. But consider this thought from historian Niall Ferguson in his book "The Ascent of Money" (which, by the way, was written before the worst of the financial crisis hit):. The new reforms notwithstanding, it is difficult to assume these mistakes won't happen again when the "agents" in society, ranging from local police ...
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the elastic thinker: Taxes and Spending: A Moral Gulf
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Taxes and Spending: A Moral Gulf. Take, for example, an idea being pushed, ironically, by Democrats in Congress to legalize Internet gambling as a way of raising just $42 billion over 10 years. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A journalist, musician, and policy thinker in one, this bona fide nerd-in-training shares his mostly ludicrous but sometimes palatable views of the world in a series of both succinct observations and long-winded, slumber-inducing rants. View my complete profile.
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the elastic thinker: January 2010
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The speech has been President Obama's most useful tool in tackling a political crisis. When it came to selling the health care bill or troop surge in Afghanistan, the slumping president has looked to his rhetorical skills to remind everyone how inspiring he is and why a large majority of Americans liked him in the first place. State of the Union. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Consider, evaluate, act. Where the Sidewalk Ends.
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July | 2009 | The Budding Anthropod
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A place to grow and shed. July 6, 2009. Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. One commendable thing in the science field is that we haven’t completely carved out a one way path in terms of research, limiting the definition of progress as things that move towards modernity. People are encouraged to search in the most primitive and most advanced ways for things that simply could help make health care and our understanding of the body better. A place to grow and shed. Looking for a laugh?
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January | 2010 | The Budding Anthropod
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A place to grow and shed. January 27, 2010. A post from the past. Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. 2) Involve the students in the plan. Ask them what they would do, allow them to make mistakes before the actual time comes where the mistakes could impact patients. or explain to yourself and them why you are doing what you are doing. Cause chances are it may help you catch a mistake or make you think, is what I am doing really necessary? Why did they receive Antibiotics? How did they decide ...
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November | 2008 | The Budding Anthropod
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A place to grow and shed. November 20, 2008. The story of my medschool career…. Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. Breaking news: More than 30,000 people in the US are suffering from “powerpoint poisoning” yearly! This was the culminating slide to our presentation on toxicology. Not sure which is worse arsenic poisoning or powerpoint poisoning? November 17, 2008. Hope this post puts you to sleep! Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. Additionally, I would hypothesize that the fact ...
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February | 2009 | The Budding Anthropod
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A place to grow and shed. February 17, 2009. Living the life of luxury. Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. 8220;Learning how to focus on the moment” could help our body combat the negative effects of chronic stress. “but we dont have the. To do that.” How ironic is that statement? In a society where we have the. Of cellphones and laptops, unlimited hot water, oodles of food, thousands of networking and entertainment options, we dont have the. To focus on ourselves? A place to grow and shed.
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April | 2009 | The Budding Anthropod
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A place to grow and shed. April 9, 2009. Posted by buddinganthropod under Uncategorized. The NEJM recently published an article on the public policy case for increasing taxes on sugared beverages. With the recent obesity epidemic, increasing awareness of the current economic times and an heightening emphasis placed on “green” movements, increasing taxes on sugared beverages (from sports drinks to sodas) could help fight all three with a penny-per-ounce tax. Here is the article for those interested:.
