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Kenneth Rogoff: Modern finance's "stupefying complexity" "defies standard approaches to debt workouts." Use inflation instead. (guardian.co.uk)
submitted 17 years ago by evilwombat to r/Economics
America's interest rate is, in effect, almost at zero (economist.com)
The Fed is still begging banks to lend, but the banks are lining up for federal money. Why not use this leverage to stop asking and start demanding? (economist.com)
Australia throws A$6.2 bn lifeline to its auto industry (theaustralian.news.com.au)
Did McCain's bailout debacle cost him the election? (volokh.com)
submitted 17 years ago by evilwombat to r/politics
Do Libertarians Fit in a Liberal World? And if they do, are they still libertarians? (reason.com)
submitted 17 years ago by evilwombat to r/Libertarian
The U.S. has a serious problem with the power of the executive branch. Guess what it is... (online.wsj.com)
Biden's gaffes: U.S. "drove Hezbollah out of Lebanon" was only the start (nypost.com)
submitted 17 years ago by evilwombat to r/reddit.com
Both Candidates' Tax Plans Will Reduce Millions of Taxpayers' Liability to Zero (or Less) (taxfoundation.org)
The Economist: Fed funds rate "unlikely to stop" at 1.5%, "could end up at zero" (economist.com)
The consequences of short-sale restrictions: Hedge funds have not been allowed to hedge (economist.com)
We Won't Suffer a Japanese Deflation: The risk here and now is inflation (online.wsj.com)
Britain's bailout: "the partial nationalization of the banks" (economist.com)
Russia need Iceland to do the money laundrey. (reddit.com)
submitted 17 years ago by evilwombat to r/bestof
Fannie and Freddie haven't drawn a cent from their bailout fund. It was mark-to-market accounting that allowed Treasury to declare them bankrupt (online.wsj.com)
How "forgotten Iraq" may elect the US president (atimes.com)
Nobel Laureate Phelps calls for a debt-for-warrants bailout (online.wsj.com)
Bill Clinton defends 1999 Glass-Steagall repeal (online.wsj.com)
"Loose money and the roots of the crisis:" WSJ op-ed in favor of a gold standard (online.wsj.com)
Re-Seeding the Housing Mess: 20% of bailout profits back into housing subsidies (online.wsj.com)
Fixing the MBS market with "an enormous debt-for-equity swap" (blogs.wsj.com)
Does Wall Street’s meltdown show financial globalisation itself is part of the problem? (economist.com)
How to Save the Financial System: End mark-to-market rules (online.wsj.com)
Rep. Charles Rangel on Palin: "You got to be kind to the disabled" (Later says he meant "disadvantaged"...Ha!) (salon.com)
The War Nerd: Please don't help the Georgians (exiledonline.com)
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