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The Usual Fare FT.com - Miliband declares New Labour dead Richard Thaler - Economic View - Why the Rich Don’t Need a Tax-Cut Extension - NYTimes.com How to fix the US mortgage market | vox Wall Street's attacks could turn…

Given the press 'Facebook: The Movie' has been getting why not try 'Twitter: The Movie' too. Here's how the script might run. Enjoy.

How far are we from a bottom in U.S. home prices?  There are many estimates that there could be another 10% or more for the national average and median prices to decline.  This author estimated that 2010 had a most probable…

So Larry Summers is out. From the Obama economic team, Peter Orszag and Christina Romer  preceded him. This looks to be a wholesale turnover at the top given the departures of Axelrod and Emanuel on the policy side as well. So now…

  On the Curious Timing and Content of Volcker’s Mislabeled “Blistering” Speech « naked capitalism Lewis Lapham on "the end of capitalism" - War Room - Salon.com White House Set to Defend Targeted Killing -…

The Clinton Global Initiative annual conference ended on Thursday. But, I wanted to highlight one issue the conference spotlighted as one of four action areas - and that is the need for empowering girls and women. We know from recent US…

Below is a video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking to the Wall Street Journal about a wide range of issues including Apple, Facebook, Search, Privacy, Competition, Anti-trust and Net Neutrality. In describing the video, the Wall Street…

by Annaly Salvos The title of this post may sound like a fable told by Aesop, but we assure you it’s not. We spent the early part of this week in Dallas attending the 3rd Zelman & Associates Housing Summit. The conference was attended…

India:  Earlier today India lifted the cap on foreign ownership of government and corporate bonds.  This had been anticipated, but it runs counter to the rash of media reports suggesting that rise of beggar-thy-neighbor policies…

Finance and Economy Volcker Spares No One in Broad Critique - Real Time Economics - WSJ Bloomberg Television Special on Summers Departure - Video - Bloomberg Inside Job: A Movie Wall Street is Sure to Hate « naked capitalism…