Archive for August, 2012

Economists risk being labeled as political hacks.

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Taxing the Rich won’t solve America’s budget problems. Please stop bringing it up every day in this subreddit as a miracle cure.

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Room for Debate: Should the Fed Risk Inflation to Spur Growth?

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Scott Adams on How to Tax the Rich

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Fed minutes show active discussion of QE3 – MarketWatch

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Russia joins WTO after 18 years of talks.

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Since 2010, Greece has been slashing expenditures and raising taxes worth the equivalent of 20 percent of GDP — the most brutal belt-tightening program in the history of the EU.

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John Cochrane says the Fed can’t create more inflation—here’s why he’s wrong

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Import Certificates – the way to balanced trade?

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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday that the deficit for 2012 will run $1.1 trillion, the fourth year in a row the shortfall will exceed $1 trillion

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Is Disability the New Unemployment Insurance? – Forbes

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WSJ: Buffett Cancels Municipal-Debt Bet Five Years Early Read more: WSJ: Buffett Cancels Municipal-Debt Bet Five Years Early

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Economics in Denial

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The Economic Record of the McCain Presidency – Justin Fox – Harvard Business Review

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A History of FX Regimes in One Infographic – 1821 to Present

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A Coca-Cola Solution to High Gas Prices

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Kurrenci: "so out there that it’s hard to even explain clearly without sounding like a crazy person"

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EcPoFi – Economics, Politics, Finance: Stock selection, fundamental analysis and Austrian Economics

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Liberalising immigration would double the world’s income overnight

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Great hyperinflation episodes in history — and what they tell us about the Fed

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