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Baghdad cleansing?

The BBC reports: Baghdad - The authorities in Baghdad say they are preparing for an exodus of thousands of people from eastern parts of the city. Fighting between government and US troops on one...

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Colbert for President: Free Gas

Who knew? Greg Mankiw is also a Stephen Colbert fan. Colbert makes his case for free gas. If he runs for President – will he select Greg as his economic advisor? This is definitely worth the look...

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FuzzCharts: Is the US Now Just a Service Economy?

Jerry Bowyer mocks the recessionistas:Monday’s data from the Institute for Supply Management is our first real glimpse at the second quarter of 2008 — you know, the one we’re in now. The above chart...

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Price Discovery (First of a Series)

I want to talk about something of which I know nothing.We spent the weekend in pgl-land (NYC), at a friend's apartment. Since he's a rather prominent computer graphics designer, I assumed,...

Started in Angry Bear • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: technology, price discovery, markets
A Quick One: Inflationary Credit Recession Strategies

Tom's doing some heavy lifting, PGL is in form, Bruce has started SocSec 101, and the entire economics blogsphere is having so many conniptions over Hillary that you'd think the CEA was actually the...

Started in Angry Bear • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: velocity of money, recession, the fed, monetary policy, credit crisis
BW on Soc Sec II: The Shape of Low Cost

This figure shows in graphic form the outcomes of Intermediate Cost (II) vs High Cost (III) vs Low Cost (I)Outcome II shows the standard narrative. A Trust Fund Ratio rising to a peak in 2017 then a...

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Tags: social security
A Quick One: Infaltionary Credit Recession Strategies

Tom's doing some heavy lifting, PGL is in form, Bruce has started SocSec 101, and the entire economics blogsphere is having so many conniptions over Hillary that you'd think the CEA was actually the...

Started in Angry Bear • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: velocity of money, recession, the fed, monetary policy, credit crisis
Worker Productivity Up: Good or Bad News

Martin Crutsinger reports – and opines: The Labor Department reported Wednesday that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the first...

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Green Zone development project

The Boston Herald reports:BAGHDAD - Forget rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and no sewer system and try picturing luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.It’s all...

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Palley on Tax Preferences for Homeownership and the Bubble

Mark Thoma points to Thomas Palley playing lightning rod with "Tax Policy and the House Price Bubble." With a title like that, you might expect a prima facie case for a causal link between tax...

Started in Angry Bear • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: housing prices, tax code