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The Costs of Hoarding at Elite Universities
Interesting article from BusinessWeek about finance in higher ed. Hat-tip to Bob F. Academic Endowments: The Curse of Hoarded Treasure
Costs of the Cuba Embargo--to the U.S.
There was a little bit of Cuba news today; the New York Times has an article about sightings of Fidel
Prisons: Pew on U.S., Monbiot on U.K.
Lots of prison news today. On the U.S. prison boom, a new study from the Pew Center on the
The Virtues of Concentration (Doug Henwood)
From Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer, responding to this op-ed from Saturday's Times. Relevant to our two
Revenge of the Glut (Krugman)
Today's column from Paul Krugman is quite helpful. The connection he draws at the end with the paradox
Lessons from Global Corporate Frauds
An interesting article by Jayati Ghosh that discusses "control fraud" in a global context, including work by former
Blame the Queen
Excellent piece from the Guardian about how heterodox approaches to economics were locked out in the UK (the same was
AIG Chalks Up Biggest Loss Ever, Gets $30B
From Reuters: AIG enters record books with $61.7 billion loss Mon Mar 2, 2009 8:44am ESTNEW YORK (Reuters)
TDCotE (vii): Dumb Animals
The Dull Compulsion if the Economic (vii) A series of posts by D&S collective member Larry Peterson Links:
California Unemployment Tops 10%
I wonder if it's still the world's fifth-largest economy now. And this surely means Friday'
Merkel Rejects Bailout for Eastern Europe
From The Wall Street Journal: MARCH 1, 2009, 10:54 A.M. ET Merkel Rejects Calls for EU Bailout of
AIG Follows Citi
AIG is expected to report horrific losses on Monday. Just in from Reuters : Exclusive: AIG near deal on new terms