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What caused the financial crisis?

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:24:16 +0000

“The column is titled “Three Trends and a Train Wreck.” I attempt to explain the financial crisis in as simple and general terms as possible. Here is one paragraph: Over all, then, the three fundamental factors behind the crisis have…”
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The Playmate Indicator

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:01:01 +0000

“The Environmental Security Hypothesis says that in tough times men will prefer women who are good at production, generally older, taller, heavier, less curvaceous women with less body fat. In good times, they will prefer women who are good at…”
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What do you do to stay sane?

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:01:00 +0000

“Here’s a project asking people to list five things they do to stay sane. I’m going to arbitrage and ask only for one thing you do to stay sane. Please leave your answer in the comments. I try to listen…”
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Best Sentence I Read Today

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:59 +0000

“The Bush administration, having entered office as social conservatives, leaves office as conservative socialists, proprietors of the most sudden large expansion of the state’s role in the US economy since mobilisation for the second world war. Brad DeLong here.”
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Jokes about the financial crisis

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:58 +0000

“The most popular game for Icelandic families in 2009? Go Fish! What’s the capital of Iceland? About $20 Iceland was a currency posing as a bank. I went to an ATM today, and it asked to borrow a twenty till…”
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Manipulation of Prediction Markets

Fred — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:56 +0000

“As many people suspected someone was manipulating Intrade to boost John McCain’s stock price: An internal investigation by the popular online market Intrade has revealed that an investor’s purchases prompted “unusual” price swings that boosted the prediction that Sen. John…”
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What are economics blogs good for?

Fred — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:57:13 +0000

“But the Harvard economist [Dani Rodrik] finds the blog — short for Web log — useful because it serves as a reference catalog for his ideas. “I now constantly Google my own blog for ideas that I knew I had…”
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The Deal

Fred — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:41 +0000

“Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were told they would each get $25 billion; Bank of America and Wells Fargo, $20 billion; Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, $10 billion each, with Bank of New York and State Street each receiving $2 to…”
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What is New Trade Theory?

Fred — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:43:19 +0000

“Congratulations to Paul Krugman on his Nobel. Here is a primer on one of Krugman’s key contributions, New Trade Theory. Tyler has more links below. Ricardo showed that every country (and every person) has a comparative advantage, a good or…”
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Paul Krugman wins the Nobel Prize

Fred — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:09:13 +0000

“He is cited for trade theory and, appropriately, location theory and economic geography. He could have been cited for his work on currency crises as well. Here are the most basic links on Paul, it is hard to know where…”
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