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by Mark Thoma, University of Oregon (Department of Economics)
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At MoneyWatch:Why Do Federal Reserve Board Seats Remain Unfilled?, by Mark ThomaThe administration has not taken full advantage of the opportunity to shape monetary policy during the crisis.
Tags: federal reserve
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Daniel Little shares his notes:Rawls on Marx; December 1973, by Daniel Little: John Rawls taught a course on the history of political philosophy throughout much of his career at Harvard University. Th
Tags: commodities commodity
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Modeling problems in credit markets - Jim Hamilton As Fed Eases Loan Aid, Policy Challenges Arise - NYTimes.com Roger Lowenstein vs th
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Alejandro Nadal says Progressive movements need to seize the initiative in defining new avenues for macroeconomic policy :Macroeconomic Policy: The Elephant in the Room, by Alejandro Nadal, Triple Cr
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Jeff Miron, the libertarians libertarian, is not very impressed with TSA:TSA Makes Amtrak Safer. Really., by Jeffrey Miron: Yesterday I took the train from Boston to New Brunswick for my talk at Rutge
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Should the Fed have done more to combat the unemployment problem? In examining the costs and benefits of further easing, I have made almost all of the arguments against further easing by the Fed made
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Here's more on the comparison of of the performance of the US and Canadian economies during the crisis:When 5.0% GDP growth is better news than 5.9% GDP growth, by Stephen Gordon:In 2009Q4, US GDP gre
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Are stocks cheap or expensive?:Worries Rebound on Bull's Birthday, by E.S. Browning, WSJ: ...The great debate among stock-market analysts these days is whether the market has finally worked off years
Tags: housing
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(clearer version of the graph in the presentation)Here's the full set of videos from the conference:Introduction: Make Markets Be Markets Roosevelt Institute President & CEO Andrew Rich kicks off the
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The Source of Obama s Trouble - NYTimes.com Predatory Habits - The Point Health Reform Passes the Cost Test - David M. Cutler A 4% inflation target? - v
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