Saturday, November 30, 2013

Charles Krauthammer Redefines Honesty At The Washington Post

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Charles Krauthammer is provided a platform by the Washington Post to report on politics and world affairs.  He is also a regular on TV news...

Restore The Draft To Save America?

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Dana Milbank considers several of the steps that we might take to improve our government and our society.  Few of them are politically possi...

Why This Recession Is Called The Great Recession

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Mark Thoma posted two charts from the Dallas Fed which illustrate how the US economy recovered from other recessions in comparison with the ...
Friday, November 29, 2013

The President Of The European Central Bank Calls For Greater Unity And Less Nationalism

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The ECB has become the bank regulator for the EZ.  Its president defends the bank's interest rate cut by arguing that rates are low beca...

Why Putin Discouraged Ukraine Treaty With The European Union

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The Ukraine decided not to sign a trade agreement with the European Union that was opposed by Russia's President Putin.  This article de...

Why The Ukraine Might Have Decided Against A Trade Agreement With The European Union

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The media in the US devotes a lot of space to political struggles in the Mid East.  We are informed less about political problems in Eastern...

How A Central Bank Can Deflate A Housing Bubble Without Raising Interest Rates

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Gavin Davies, writing in the Financial Times , explains how macro prudential regulation can enable the UK central bank to limit the rise in...