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In the News

Economists Debate Rescue Plan's Risk

with David R. Hendersonvia Associated Press
Friday, September 19, 2008

Wall Street responded favorably to a White House plan to prop up money market funds and buy up bad mortgages that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions...

In the News

Advisers give clue to candidates on economy

with John B. Taylorvia USA Today
Thursday, September 18, 2008

The stock market tanks...

Analysis and Commentary

Organic Market

by Russ Robertsvia Forbes
Thursday, September 18, 2008

The collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and the bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG, have led to an inevitable call for more regulation...

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Lazear Talks Fannie, Freddie, and Change for 2009

with Edward Paul Lazearvia Human Events Online
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Ed Lazear is the Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)...

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Businesses 'taking our lumps up front'

with John Shovenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Financial chaos reigned on Wall Street Monday, a day that started with the collapse of Lehman Bros. and takeover of Merrill Lynch, and ended with insurance giant AIG on the verge of securing an emergency loan to keep itself solvent...

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Presidential candidates seize on Wall Street turmoil

with Bill Whalenvia Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

For Democrat Barack Obama, the Wall Street meltdown is a testament to failed Bush administration policies that his Republican rival would continue...

Analysis and Commentary

Statement of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee on Regulation of Short Selling

by Kenneth E. Scottvia RGE Monitor (NY)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

During the recent turmoil, short selling has been widely blamed by managers, the media and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for causing unwarranted declines in the value of financial institutions...

Analysis and Commentary

The Libertarian Manifesto

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Monday, September 15, 2008

Online columnists, it is said, should not suffer from an abundance of caution or subtlety...

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Freddie and Fannie

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Monday, September 8, 2008

Following its knee-jerk, free-market, Milton Friedman obsessed ideology, the Bush Administration has seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

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Kling on Freddie and Fannie

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Monday, September 8, 2008

Here is Arnold writing very lucidly on the situation...

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