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PTSD for kindergarten kids

…who have ptsd can lose their normally easy to find sense of safety and intimacy, and are hyper-sensitive to perceived threat. When they grow up is another story needs telling….

A Regulatory Substitute to Burst Housing Bubble?

…or “regulatory substitutes” to address asset price bubbles, some observers have suggested increasing margin requirements to counter perceived speculation in equities markets. Even if one presumes that a bubble in…

If the National Review Determined Monetary Policy

…index showed, the threat level is not terribly high … ” Response: The labor market is tighter than widely perceived. Unemployment is 5.2 percent. Unit labor costs rose 4 percent…

Shifting out of Dollars?

…the big fall in the dollar happens, so that the exchange rate risk of holding dollars is perceived to be largely gone. Isn’t it possible that international banks will have…

The Moral Case for Liberalism

…are immersed in policy details. Bush was perceived to be principled; Kerry was seen by most people (on both the left and the right) as simply “not Bush.” Furthermore, I…

…mission control team think that this sustained buying spree is harmful and are trying to dampen the perceived speculative excesses by ways of hawkish talk. A quick glance at the…

Iowa’s Effect on the Political Markets As I’ve mentioned before, the Iowa Electronic Market is a great place to see how events shape the perceived probabilities of each candidate winning…