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Stimulus money should go to lowest bidders, economists say

with Robert E. Hallvia Stanford Report
Friday, April 17, 2009

A group of Stanford economists is pressing the government to streamline the process for doling out $7.2 billion in economic stimulus money slated for high-speed Internet development...

In the News

The world’s first modern, public bank

with Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
Friday, April 17, 2009

On March 2 1408, eight men gathered in the great hall of the Casa di San Giorgio, a trading house on what was then the main street in Genoa, a few metres from where the waters of the Ligurian Sea lap the Italian shore...

In the News

G20 a circus for clowns

with John B. Taylorvia Australian
Friday, April 17, 2009

THE Group of 20 meeting in London produced plenty of media hype and uncritical commentary but very little to resolve the global financial difficulties...

In the News

Class sizes a constant balancing act for area school districts

with Eric Hanushekvia Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Friday, April 17, 2009

Until 2006, Barbara Hadley taught about 24 pupils in her third-grade classroom at Fyle Elementary School in the Rush-Henrietta Central School District...

Analysis and Commentary

Did Greenspan Cause The Housing Bubble?

by David R. Hendersonvia Forbes
Friday, April 17, 2009

Critics across the political spectrum are having a field day blaming the current economic crisis on former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who they allege carried out an excessively expansionary monetary policy following the recession of 2001...

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Humility, Hope and the Financial Crisis

with Charles Calomirisvia Christian Post
Friday, April 17, 2009

Dr. Charles W. Calomiris, a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, has offered an interesting presentation on how we got into our current economic situation - and how biblically shaped virtues can help lead us out...

Analysis and Commentary

A Modern-Day George III?

by Peter M. Robinson with Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Friday, April 17, 2009

At the "tea party protests" that took place on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets and asserted an outrageous claim...

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Two dukes and three lessons for property investors

with Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Fifty large wars, 20 deep recessions, more than 20 severe stock market crashes: now that’s what I call a stress-test...

In the News

Fed's behavior led to today's crisis, risks inflation later

with John B. Taylorvia Idaho Statesman
Thursday, April 16, 2009

More often than not, you get what you pay for...

In the News

Prop 1A: A Tale of Two Cities

by Bill Whalenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Want a closer look at California's political divide -- that is, the divide within the political chattering class and the May 19 special election?...

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