The Boston Globe has an interesting piece on what a sustained economic downturn (like the great depression(s)) would look like in modern times: We are separated from the 1930s by decades of profound economic, technological, and political change, and a modern landscape of scarcity would reflect that… By looking at what we know about how …
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The LA Times reports “Tensions between McCain and Palin camps come to light“. Might be interesting, let’s take a look: “…aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe purchases and revealed that a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession.” That’s …
Best of luck, Obama. You are going to need it to deal with the mess that has been left for you. Marketplace has some ideas on what will happen on the economic side when Obama comes into office. Horizon had a program called the President’s Guide to Science. Worth a watch, but you might have …
I have not yet listened to Another Frightening Show About the Economy from This American Life. Since it is from the guys that brought us The Giant Pool of Money (the excellent show about the housing crisis), I have very high hopes. Give it a listen if you want to learn about the credit market …
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Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. You have got to be kidding me. You are a pretty funny guy, Paulson. The way Bernanke sees the auction working, however, it’s …