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4 Years after Hurricane Katrina
Grand Casino, Biloxi, MS, five months after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi. On August 29, 2005, the eye of
US Personal Consumption/GDP NOT 70% GDP
Or so Michael Mandel insists. From his Economics Unbound/World Economy Blog: Economics Unbound Get It Straight: Consumer Spending is
Elections in the Other Ueber-Exporter: Germany
Germany, too holds a general election very soon. The ruling center-right Christian Democrats, under chancellor Angela Merkel, have been
US Second Quarter Earnings Roundup
From the New York Times' Site: U.S. Second-Quarter Earnings Tough to Beat By REUTERS Published: August 30,
Japanese Election: Ruling LDP Gets Hammered
From The New York Times: Japanese Opposition Wins Elections in Landslide By MARTIN FACKLER Published: August 30, 2009 TOKYO In
Getting Health Care Incentives Right
David Goldhill's father, 83 but still working, walked into a non-profit Manhattan hospital with pneumonia. Five weeks
The Crisis and US Export/Import Destinations
Wonder how this reflects on NAFTA (especially from a Mexican perspective--they're getting absolutely killed by this). From
Calculating the Benefit of Our Present Healthcare
Many people aready know much of this, but these are points that deserve to be hammered into our heads these
China's "Bailout" of Taiwan
From Reuters: 02:25 August 26th, 2009 China's bailout of Taiwan is good for the region By: Wei
This Is What We Get for All the Bailout Money
Two related posts here: Simon Johnson of Baseline Scenario looks at the shakeout in the banking system that he says
Excellent Radio on Afghanistan
Doug Henwood's weekly radio program is just about the best there is on politics and economics generally, but
Indicators That Fell Through The Cracks...
...this week (sorry about that!): UK business investment falls at fastest rate since records began in 1966, despite rock-bottom