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• Poll Results -- US Healthcare

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 590
  Hey! Theres a new poll (Family!) on the right ---> The US Healthcare System... ...needs more government involvement  43% ...needs less government involvement  26% ...is just fine  1% ...is beyond my comprehension  23% ...is what? Im not American (but ...
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• Book Review: This Time Is Different

  
  The Aleph Blog — Authority: 603
  I love economic history books.  The book that I am reviewing tonight is different because unlike most economic history books, it is mainly empirical rather than mainly anecdotal. Don’t get me wrong, one good anecdote can deliver more information than a carefully controlled study.  But more often, it is the ...
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• More good news for NZ!!

  
  TVHE — Authority: 494
  Guess what.  The EU subsidies on dairy products, introduced at the start of this year, are GONE . Now US, step up to the plate and dump yours.  Or are we going to move into a situation where the United States is more protectionism than Europe …
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• Good news and bad in investor confidence data

  
  Global Investing — Authority: 127
  Good news and bad in the lastest  investor confidence sounding from State Street. The overall index took a dive again — third month in a row — and is now barely above neutral. That’s the bad news if you are keen to see risk assets do well. The good news is that despite three months of falling the ...
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• Goodbye recession, hello cowardly new world

  
  Times LIVE Blogs - Posts — Authority: 151
  NEWS that South Africa’s economy has moved into the black is to be welcomed. The statistics show that for the third quarter of this year, the economy notched up growth of 0.9% thanks to a big push from the manufacturing sector. But being out of recession does not automatically mean that the good times will roll. The ...
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• How We Got 2.8% GDP Growth In Q3

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 637
  As expected, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised down its estimate of Q3 GDP growth. BEA’s second estimate pegs growth at a 2.8% annual pace in Q3, down from 3.5% in the advance estimate.The revision was driven by three main factors: consumer spending and business investment in structures were...
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• Q3 Growth Revised Down to 2.8%

  
  Donald Marron — Authority: 573
  As expected, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised down its estimate of Q3 GDP growth. BEA’s second estimate pegs growth at a 2.8% annual pace in Q3, down from 3.5% in the advance estimate. The revision was driven by three main factors: consumer spending and business investment in structures were weaker than ...
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• Third Quarter GDP, A Downward Revision

  
  Capital Gains and Games — Authority: 644
  The BEA has released the preliminary (or second estimate) GDP figures for the third quarter.  Compared to the advance estimates released at the end of last month, the annual growth rate is down from 3.5 to 2.8 percent. The second estimate of the third-quarter increase in real GDP is 0.7 percentage point lower, or ...
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• Société Générale “Bear Case” Looks at Global Collapse

  
  MetalMiner — Authority: 548
  The US has Nouriel Roubini and the UK has Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, well may be not quite, with all due respect to Mr. Evans-Pritchard but you get my point. Both commentators regardless of their credentials are frequently telling us how bad things really are if only we had the vision to read between the lines. Well ...
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• This Sham Was Made for You and Me

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 435
  From the Redwood forests of California : In a required state report to the federal government, the university system said the $268.5 million it received in stimulus funding through October allowed it to retain 26,156 employees. That total represents more than half of CSU’s statewide work force. However, ...
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• Problems with Constant Compound Interest (4) (and more)

  
  The Aleph Blog — Authority: 603
  At the meeting of the eight bloggers and the US Treasury, one of the differences was whether the recovery was real or not.  The Treasury officials pointed to the financial markets, and the bloggers pointed at the real economy (unemployment and capacity utilization). With T-bills near/below zero, I feel it is ...
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• Some good news for New Zealand

  
  TVHE — Authority: 494
  This graph illustrates some positive structural factors for NZ methinks: HT Greg Mankiw’s blog .
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• Smile Bonus: China to US: "Stop fucking with us"

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 590
  The folks at SNL hit the nail on the head... many times!
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• The end of capitalism

  
  MacroScope — Authority: 425
  Hard to imagine with financial markets still buoyant and newspapers full of tales of bonus greed, but there is still the possibility that captialism will end.  At least there is according to prestigious investment consultants Watson Wyatt in their latest study called “ Extreme Risks “. The firm listed the demise ...
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• The end of capitalism

  
  Global Investing — Authority: 127
  Hard to imagine with financial markets still buoyant and newspapers full of tales of bonus greed, but there is still the possibility that captialism will end.  At least there is according to prestigious investment consultants Watson Wyatt in their latest study called " Extreme Risks ". The firm listed the demise of ...
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• Carry Trade? What Carry Trade

  
  MetalMiner — Authority: 548
  A Reuter’s article this week reported that Liu Mingkang, a senior Chinese regulator, warned on Sunday that ultra-low interest rates in the United States are fueling speculation in overseas asset markets and threatening the global economic recovery. Before the housing bust, the Fed (Alan Greenspan in particular) and ...
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• Why People Hate Economics

  
  The Unbroken Window — Authority: 435
  This abstract says it all: Why are the 2000s so different from the 1970s? A structural interpretation of changes in the macroeconomic effects of oil prices … In the 1970s, large increases in the price of oil were associated with sharp decreases in output and large increases in inflation.  In the 2000s, and at ...
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• Flashback: 14 -- 20 Nov 2008

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 590
  These posts are still relevant, so please comment. BEST: Recession is Good and Fixing Credit Rating Agencies -- an incentive-compatible way to reward them for good ratings. (A recent podcast I heard made it clear that "inaccurate" ratings continue b/c they allow bond buyers to buy higher risk without regulators ...
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• Macro and the Organizational Capital Model, by Arnold Kling

  
  EconLog — Authority: 691
  Robert Shiller writes , Consider this possibility: after all these months, people start to think its time for the recession to end. The very thought begins to renew confidence, and some people start spending again -- in turn, generating visible signs of recovery. This may seem absurd, and is rarely mentioned as an ...
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• "What if a Recovery Is All in Your Head?"

  
  Economist's View — Authority: 691
  Robert Shiller wonders if the recovery is based upon a self-fulfilling prophecy: What if a Recovery Is All in Your Head?, by Robert J. Shiller, Commentary, NY Times : Beyond fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little more than self-fulfilling ...
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