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Atlantic Wire: Pundit Survey: The Landscape of Bernanke Opinion Which Bernanke are we getting for the next four years--the financial hero, or the oblivious professor who will allow another crisis to bloom? And why were we told so far in…

My Healthcare Links page is now up. The list is a work in progress.  My idea is to have a central place where one can get up to speed with various relevant issues related to the healthcare reform debate. While I am generally…

This comes via the National Post: Oil rose above US$74 a barrel on Monday, extending its rally to trade near a 10-month high, on optimism that an economic recovery will spur a rebound in energy demand. A string of positive economic…

I intend to post a “Healthcare Links” post later today.  I am modelling on my Credit Crisis Timeline. But, the purpose is to present a fairly good distribution of informed articles on the health care reform debate.  I don’t agree…

A Cul-de-Sac of Lost Dreams, and New Ones - NYTimes.com For a few precious weeks this summer, all eight houses on this cul-de-sac about 60 miles east of Los Angeles were occupied, but the housing bust that has come to define the…

European Stress Tests Led Swedbank to Offering - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com Carl Eric Stalberg, chairman of Swedbank, told Svenska Dagbladet in an interview published Friday that stress tests conducted by the central banks, financial…

German economic recovery powers ahead - FT The purchasing managers’ index for Europe’s largest economy jumped to 54.2 in August, from 49.0 in July, signalling an unexpectedly brisk pace of expansion. The growth was driven by the service…

According to the results of a study by the Spanish savings bank Caixa Catalunya, consumption will fall 4.1% this year, making the reaction to this downturn four times as severe as during the last big downturn in 1993.  Back then…

The misunderstanding of "debt-fueled consumption" - Rebecca Wilder Economist's View: "The Rationing Canard" Bronte Capital: Health Care Reform and single payer – an Australian perspective Obama should shift on…

This is a long list of posts from around the web.  Yesterday, I had pretty limited Internet access, so I doubled up on my links today. Enjoy. Edward United States Inequality in the Recovery Period - The Baseline Scenario PIMCO'S…