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posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Wed 22nd May 13

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The Highly Effective Idiot

posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Wed 22nd May 13

Its been a full five days since the world learned of a video allegedly showing Torontos mayor, Rob Ford, smoking crack cocaine, and Ford has yet to answer a single question about the allegation. On Wednesday, Fords older brother, Toronto councilor Doug Ford,
Dont Pray for Oklahoma

posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Wed 22nd May 13

Yesterday, while trekking through the rubble from Mondays horrific tornado in Moore, Okla., CNNs Wolf Blitzer stopped to interview a survivor holding her young child in her arms.

How foreign car factories have transformed the American South.

posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Sat 13th Dec 08

The central Kentucky town of Georgetown, just north of Lexington, used to be known for the state's two main exports: bourbon and horses. Legend holds that in 1789, somewhere nearby, Elijah Craig, a Baptist minister, distilled the first batch of bourbon in charred
Congress' latest dumb idea to fix the housing crisis.

posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Mon 7th Apr 08

From Wall Street to Orange County, from the exurbs of Dallas to the South Beach strip, a cry is rising from throughout the land: Something must be done about the nation's housing market![more ...]
Is an obscure accounting rule to blame for the credit market meltdown?

posted to Slate Magazine - Moneybox on Tue 1st Apr 08

According to a small but powerful group of America's financial decision-makersmostly supply-siders and those in their thrallthe chief cause of the credit market meltdown is not folly, or reckless lending, or the demise of America's financial management. It's

Links for 05-01-2013

posted to Economist's View on Wed 1st May 13

Leading Macroeconomist Leaves Central Bank - mainly macroChina Manufacturing Weakens - WSJWhat the ECB can and cannot do to heal the eurozone - Gavyn DaviesFiscal forecasts: Governments vs independent agencies - Vox EUThe Republican War on Social Science -
Links for 04-29-2013

posted to Economist's View on Mon 29th Apr 13

David Ignatius, We Are Looking at You - Brad DeLongThe Reliability of China's Economic Data - Dave GilesWhy Inflation is not falling - mainly macroData Quality is Paramount - Dave GilesEducation and Wealth - Jared BernsteinUndoing central bank balance sheet
Links for 02-19-2013

posted to Economist's View on Tue 19th Feb 13

Goldbugs, Greece, and Affinity Fraud - Paul KrugmanWhat Data Cant Do - David BrooksRobert Samuelson's Psychological Problems - Dean BakerJapanese Growth in the Aftermath of Its Financial Crisis - Brad DeLongBalanced Budget Amendment Still a Terrible Idea -