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Limited tricks, monolines, municipal bonds…

…Mae and Freddie Mac) and not (private-label MBS) means it will have eventually sold or pledged half of its Treasurys, limiting how many more of these tricks it can pull…

Clouds

Having installed a cloud widget on the left sidebar, contributors and guest posters should label their contributions from now on so the widget can keep the references updated. Past posts…

Eyes on Trade

…what their counterparts label ‘protectionism.’… [the services trade lobby’s] body of work took on the attributes of a social science literature in which authors cited, critiqued, and built on each…

Meds and blogs

…levels of some proteins and peptides were elevated in schizophrenic patients. They also saw characteristic changes in samples taken from patients with depression. The identification of specific biomarkers could redefine

Old meaning, new boost for Feb. 14

…weeks instead of one. They suspect the Viagra works through its effects on nitric oxide, which is also how the drug treats erectile dysfunction. Actually, off-label uses can be productive….

Raising Future Taxes Yet Again

…super-rich, they will help to boost the economy, as they have over the past three years. This claim that the tax cuts in dividends and capital gains are responsible for…

Alienating Independents

…also implicitly applying those same labels to the one-third of Americans who have gone through the same disillusionment with Bush’s Iraq policies. Meanwhile, about 55%-60% of Americans now think that…

“Freedom to Farm”: GOP Hypocrisy – then and now

…hypocrisy of Gingrich and many other Republican congressmen” noting: Conservative and free-market forces brought little intellectual artillery to the farm-bill battle. Instead, many conservatives were content to rhapsodize over the…