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If You Want to Know Why Economists have a Bad Reputation

…to be stupid the day the U.S. elected a non-Republican president: “If I had my druthers, the word ’stimulus’ would be expunged from public discussion, along with ‘bailout’ and ‘rescue.’…

TV serials as an indicator of inflation

…must all immediately call our congress critters and the presidential candidates and demand a bailout for the sitcom industry! It is our only salvation, our only true hope. It is…

Hope for Homeowners hedging terms

rdan The NYT shows us this angle on the bailout: William Frey, the president of one of the funds, Greenwich Financial Services of Greenwich, Conn., said that he was acting…

What do we do (Part 1)

…ideology (there’s no longer a discussion of “if” a bailout is needed so now we’re on to its price) we’re confronted with how much bailing there is to be done…

PGL writes

Progrowthliberal notes fundamental confusion from the last debate on bailout priorities in a discussion with Barkley Rosser….

Here it comes…

…Security benefits below survival level. The people who got the 700 Billion dollar bailout want it ALL. And they see a pretty good chance of getting it. ______________________ by coberly…