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Machine-Sourcing
Gregory Clark sees a bleak future for the unskilled: Tax and Spend, or Face The Consequences, by Gregory Clark, Commentary, Washington Post: At some point, the Great Recession will end… Read more »
links for 2009-08-08
Creditor protection and financial crises - voxeu.org Should big banks be required to buy crisis insurance? - voxeu.org Could Greenland be the new Iceland? - voxeu.org As Economy Turns, Washington… Read more »
"School for Scoundrels"
Paul Krugman reviews Justin Fox’s “Myth of the Rational Market”: School for Scoundrels, Book Review by Paul Krugman: Last October, Alan Greenspan — who had spent years assuring investors that… Read more »
Jobs Report Roundup
Most everything that can be said about the jobs report has already been said, so here's a roundup of various reactions. The point I want to emphasize is that it's… Read more »
Lucas Roundtable: Ask the Right Questions
In The Economist, Robert Lucas responds to recent criticism of macroeconomics ("In Defense of the Dismal Science"). Here's my entry at Free Exchange's Robert Lucas Roundtable in response to his… Read more »
Paul Krugman: The Town Hall Mob
Lack of passion is hazardous to health care reform: The Town Hall Mob, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting… Read more »
"Keep Shoveling that Stimulus"
Joseph Stiglitz says we need "another big round of real stimulus spending": Keep shoveling that stimulus, by Joseph Stiglitz , Commentary, Project Syndicate: The green shoots of economic recovery that… Read more »
links for 2009-08-07
Are Bankers Overpaid? - Howard Davies Pricing of interest rate risk in fed funds futures contracts - Econbrowser The Great Recession and the coming jobless recovery - Economists' Forum Harberger… Read more »
"Reality Pricks Corn Ethanol's Bubble"
Does corn ethanol have a future? Let's hope not: Reality Pricks Corn Ethanol's Bubble, by Doug Struck, Miller-McCune: ...Corn-based ethanol was seen as such an ideal solution for our transportation… Read more »
"Astroturf Along American Highways"
Robert Reich is worried that Republican opposition to health care reform will result in "a watered-down set of reforms that still leave millions of Americans uninsured and don't slow healthcare… Read more »
