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Asia tells the west to get off its high horse
You kind of saw this coming didn’t you. Asians remember the Depression that began there a decade ago all too vividly. Many still see the West to blame because of the draconian economic policy solutions meted out by the IMF, including now-US…
Volcker: ‘I wasn’t persuasive enough’ for Obama to heed my economic advice
I don’t know quite what to make of the Paul Volcker interview published late last week in Business Week. In case you missed it, Business Week published a frank interview of former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker with media…
Government coercion in the financial blogosphere
I must be incredibly sleep-deprived because my last post overlooked a critical case in the financial blogosphere where the same issues of blogging and government coercion are at issue. I completely forgot that the Implode-o-Meter sites are…
Blogging and the tyranny of government
Michael Arrington, a prolific blogger in the Tech community, has written a thoughtful piece on bloggers’ right/duty to protect confidential sources in the face of government pressure to do otherwise. I’d like to post a portion of that…
Humans are built to be hypocritical
Robin Hanson makes this assertion in a recent post in his blog “Overcoming Bias.” I found his argument as to why this is so pretty provocative. Yesterday, I had actually linked out to an article at Science Daily on why powerful people don’t…
GMAC in line for another $3.5 billion in bailout money
From Bloomberg: GMAC Inc., the home and auto lender, is discussing with the Obama administration an additional aid package of about $3 billion to $4 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The size of the assistance…
Obama: Now watch this drive
Back in September I posted “Now watch this drive” to explain voters’ increasing alarm at Obama’s detachment from the economic problems of ordinary Americans. Commenting on a video featuring a famous George W. Bush gaffe, I said:…
Violence in Iran erupts
Below are two videos and an article recounting the recent social unrest in Iran. Also see Biggest protests in months take place in Iran from the FT
Blodget: Obama suffers because “taxpayer always finishes last”
The latest WSJ/NBC News poll shows that President Obama’s approval rating has now slipped under 50%. This makes his the steepest first year decline in modern history. Why? You know what I would say: Obama doesn’t know when to be…
Mark Thoma: Libertarians and populists are against Bernanke
Mark is right that time is not on Chairman Bernanke’s side. If you saw the Ron Paul video earlier today, you can see what’s happening. I don’t have a strong view, although I believe most of the other bloggers are against. Reminder: This…