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The Deipnosophist
The matter of European debt in general, and the PIIGS countries in particular, provides a constant source of perturbations for global markets; one moment all sweetness and light, the next moment, all darkness and sulfurous fumes.
I received startling news this week that an esteemed colleague had suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday. Only in his late forties, he'd apparently tip-toed on the precipice of eternity. The ICU nurses mentioned that when he'd arrived, it appeared to be a 90% chance-of-fatality case.
Doug Ross @ Journal - 75% snark-free diatribes on politics, technology & security
Published on March 4, 2009 at 7:16 pm One of the interesting effects of the turmoil in financial markets since September involves the level of implied inflation expectations embedded within the market prices for Treasury Notes and Bonds.
Inflation Expectations | The Rational Walk
Island hopper's diary
Traveling to document and documenting to preserve. Maldives. Already on the watch list for places that will disappear because of global warming.
Economics and Politics - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
I’ve been getting the predictable hysterical reactions to today’s column. And it’s true — I’m a Sharia Jewish atheist Marxist who hates America! Bwahahaha!
I understand that my inferences may sometimes be a little headstrong, and might even seem incredulous against the realm of what might be considered realistic. I believe, however, that general consensus is misplaced to the extent that the layman sees a completely distorted image in place of the reality about their world. The politics of the land has had its toll on the way information travels around, and I can assure you that I’m not the only one who senses the malice in the business.
Musings of an Idiot
The 8th edition of my intermediate macroeconomics text will come out in June, ready for fall classes. One significant change in this edition is that some of the existing material has been reorganized. Over the past several years, monetary policymakers at the Federal Reserve have engaged in a variety of unconventional measures to prop up a weak banking system and promote recovery from a deep recession.
Greg Mankiw's Blog