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The Last Financial Crisis of the Nineteenth Century

Posted on June 10, 2008

http://j-bradford-delong.net/2008_html/20080610_delong_situation.htmlThe Situation: June 2008: The Last Financial Crisis of the Nineteenth CenturyJ. Bradford DeLong; U.C. Berkeley and NBER; brad.delong@gmail.comFriday s Macroeconomic NewsSunday s Macroeconomic News* Tim Geithner, President of New York Fed* A new regulatory framework * Covering commercial and investment banks, home and foreign * Federal Reserve to play central role Monday s Macroeconomic News* Ben Bernanke, Chair of Fed* Said the central bank will strongly resist any waning of public confidence in stable...

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