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Watch out! We have been tweetered on Health Care

…points by Alan Caruba. Milt’s piece at his blog Please… Cut the Crap is here: Deconstructing Right Wing Lies. Important stuff and I’ll get back to it. But even more…

Do Economists Agree about Microeconomics ?

…comment after the jump. The micro debate includes the extremely eminent and empirically grounded Alan Krueger and David Card who estimate that, if anything, the minimum wage causes increased employment…

WAPO on AIG III

…until then, they had little idea what they were doing. In fall 2005, Eugene Park was asked to take over Alan Frost’s responsibilities at Financial Products. Frost had done exceedingly…

Ancient History

…(before Alan Raised a Cayne): Extra credit: Name the book used as background for the 1973 Mets tribute card and the unopened Desert Storm card pack. (Hint: it was the…

Index funds and commodities 2

…the same move. I would note that according to Citigroup commodity analyst Alan Heap, (Beyond Fundamentals…), long only funds such as index began entering late 2003-early 2004 Finally, Frank Veneroso…

Bear Stearns reassured us again

Reuters reported this from CNBC. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bear Stearns Cos (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Alan Schwartz on Wednesday dismissed recurring speculation that the investment bank faces…

Mary Cheney v. John Kerry

…tongue when a Republican Senate candidate, Alan Keyes, accused her of “selfish hedonism” for living a homosexual lifestyle. But in her book, Cheney reveals she refused to attend Bush’s 2004…

Abandoning Monetary Policy Altogether

…fact that rate hikes have often occurred amidst inflationary episodes, economist Alan Reynolds has made the point that the “Fed should remember that countries with sustained low inflation never have…