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Black Monday – Part II

with Niall Fergusonvia Barron's Online
Monday, October 15, 2007

It's worrisome that the best and brightest on Wall Street consistently underestimate the odds of market-jarring events because this suggests that the financial community isn't well-prepared for a true 100-year flood...

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Globalization and Inequality

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, October 14, 2007

A report to be issued this coming week by the IMF (the technical analysis was released early) shows that greater globalization during the past two decades contributed significantly to rising inequality during this period in most developing as well as developed countries...

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Jamal Mecklai: Will the strong Re derail `the Big I`?*

with Milton Friedmanvia Business Standard
Friday, October 5, 2007

To the contrary, the strengthening rupee and, more importantly, the fact that the RBI and government decision-making are being forced to cede ground to the market will result in much more efficient (=market-determined) resource allocation in India...

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Stockholm Syndrome

with Milton Friedmanvia American
Thursday, October 4, 2007

There is a magnificent slowness to most everything in Sweden...

Analysis and Commentary

Charge It! America

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Tribune Media Services
Thursday, October 4, 2007

President Bush's current approval ratings are about 32 percent...

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Reading the Tea Leaves

with Milton Friedman, John B. Taylorvia Cafe Economics
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

As the world debates whether Ben Bernanke has saved us from a financial crisis or whether he has pumped more air into the asset bubble, it would be useful to think about this question...

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Blame China for High Food Prices

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Friday, September 28, 2007

Over the past year the price of a bushel of wheat has almost doubled, from $4.79 to $9.50...

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The Business Climate and Economic Growth

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The World Bank recently issued its annual report on the global business climate, Doing Business 2008, ranking countries on the ease of doing business...

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Required Reading

with Milton Friedmanvia Wall Street Journal
Monday, September 24, 2007

Besides Adam Smith, Freidrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, here's another book to add to the U.S. Congress's reading list: the International Trade Commission's report on the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement...

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Schumpeter

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, September 20, 2007

I'm fifty pages into Prophet of Innovation, the bio of Schumpeter by Thomas McCraw, preparing for a podcast with McCraw...

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