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There Is No Nobel Prize in Economics

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 17, 2012 22:35

AlterNet [1] / By Yasha Levine [2]

October 12, 2012 |

It’s Nobel Prize season again. News reports are coming out each day sharing the name of the illustrious winner of the various categories - Science, Literature, etc. But there’s one of the prizes that’s a little different. Well, that’s putting it lightly… you see, the Nobel Prize in Economics is ( Read more... )

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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled

nebris wrote in the_recession Oct 01, 2012 18:41

By Steven Pearlstein,
Published: WaPo September 29, 2012 ( Read more... )

friedrich von hayek, ponzi scheme, global financial trainwreck of 2007-?, tarps gone wild, banking sector, fascism, gop, creative destruction, 'capitalism', deregulation, class war, koch brothers, benefits, ayn rand, central banks, corporate welfare, hedge funds

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The Only Thing Worse Than a Federal Government... [via Early Warning]

nebris wrote in the_recession May 30, 2012 08:50

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spain, piigs, austerity measures, global financial trainwreck of 2007-?, monetary policy, sovereign debt crisis, tarps gone wild, bank runs, zombies, consumer confidence, corporate defaults, 'capitalism', house of cards, greece, europe, central banks

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Concerted Central Bank Effort & Good US Econ News Soars Stocks

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Nov 30, 2011 17:33

Economic news out of the US over the past few days have gone from just ok to pretty decent, helping set the stage for this big relief rally now underway ( Read more... )

stock markets, financial crisis, consumer spending, credit crisis, ecb, consumer confidence, federal reserve, employment, central banks, europe, sovereign debt crisis, lehman shokku

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