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Robert Shiller vs My Mom

…parents’ for Christmas in a house which is one year older than I am. So I ask my mom how much it cost in 1959. After hearing $ 23,000 I…

Small and big boxes

…not own too many CDSs and CDOs…choosing takes thought. I will buy the GPS for Mrs. rdan on-line most likely before Christmas, or at a big box store after, maybe…

If asked, I will serve

…election is over and I can go back to looking at data and hoping the House fails to pass the Christmas Card list bill. But I do want to make…

One-sided = Accurate? (Iraq Spin Edition)

…agrees: As President Bush launched a new effort Wednesday to gain public support for the Iraq war, a new poll found most Americans do not believe he has a plan…

NRO Cornerites Go After DeLong on Social Security

…federal bonds are a popular security, is entirely irrelevant. A private person with excellent credit who everyday filled a box with IOUs for a Christmas-present fund would, when December rolls…

Rumsfeld

…the base, said the new facility is made of concrete and was originally set to be completed by Christmas, but construction had slowed and the building is not near completion….

Looking to 2005

This week’s Buttonwood column in The Economist is typically bearish about the prospects for the financial markets in 2005, but more than typically explicit about why: As Christmas is fast…