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Cat-Food Commission, Deficits, etc.
(1) The Cat-Food Commission--Oops!--I Mean the Deficit Commission: Two new articles posted to the D&S website just
Bob Pollin on QE2 and Deflation
I have been feeling guilty about having posted that funny but misleading video yesterday (they made fun of the Fed&
QE2, London Protests, Banks in Trouble
(1) More on QE2: Here is an amusing video (hat-tip to Steve Schnapp of United for a Fair Economy, our
More on Academic Kickbacks
When he read my last post, Rob Larson (author of the cover story in the current issue of D&
An Evening with Fancy Economists
Readers of this blog may remember that I visited the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last spring for a
Banks to Cash in on QE2 (Yves Smith)
More on QE2--just hit my inbox, an interview with Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism on the Real News Network; sounds
Nov/Dec Issue, QE2, etc.
[This posting's potentially irrelevant image--one taken by me, around the corner from my place. The marina has been
The Will to Power
A review of Power Hungry by Robert Bryce (New York: PublicAffairs, 2010) and Conquering Carbon by Felicia Jackson (London: New
That Hurt! Let's Do It Again.
A Tale of Two Recoveries It's official: The Great Recession ended 15 months ago, in June 2009. ... [T]
Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates
Deficits have now risen, yet again, to headline status. Conservatives inside and to the right of the Republican Party frame