Sunday, November 15, 2009
Rwanda: The Case for Humanitarian Intervention
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Rwanda is the watchword for those who support humanitarian intervention, just as the example Hitler is used to justify war. A recent articl...
Putting Two and Two Together on Afghanistan
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Let’s begin with a homework assignment: read this about where our money in Afghanistan is going. Then read today’s front-page article in t...
Krugman Misses the Point about Kurzarbeit
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Give him credit for recognizing that a society-wide policy of work-sharing is much more humane and rational than America’s current slash-and...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
At the Pinnacle of Capitalism, No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded
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This is rich. John Paulson who made billions betting against the subprime mortgages is now rewarding Alan Greenspan, who did so much to mak...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Notes on the Keyserling File
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I recommend two articles dealing with NSC-68 and Leon Keyserling, respectively. "Economic Instability and Military Strength: The Parado...
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The Narcissism of NSC-68
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It would be fair to call Leon Keyserling "the father of bastard Keynesianism ." Paul Nitze : "Leon Keyserling was very he...
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EMH
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"Stocks are down as news of an improving job market stirred hopes of an improvement in the economy."
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Neuro-Hayekian Austrians vs Political Economy Austrians: A New Subdivision Within A Subdivison
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Among the wannabe Vienna coffeehouse chatterers of the mostly US-based (neo) Austrians, there has already been a subdivision for some time b...
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Monday, November 9, 2009
FIRE Larry Summers NOW!
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Larry Summers to 15 million unemployed Americans, "Go fuck yourselves." Translation: "The primary objective of our policy is ...
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Larry Summers classic FAIL
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Thanks to a tip from Miracle Max: I think we got the Recovery Act right," Larry Summers, the president's chief economic adviser, s...
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A colonial evil that perpetuated and increased itself
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[On the left a photo taken by myself in 2007. It depicts a role play of actual events that took place in the Cascades Female Factory in old...
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Andrei Gromyko As Berlin Wall Butterfly
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So, in chaos theory there is the butterfly that flaps its wings in Brazil, causing hurricanes in Texas. It is my view that the butterfly w...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Low State of Higher Education: A California Tragedy
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While higher education in California was reeling from budget cuts, the San Francisco Chronicle reported: California State University Chancel...
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Wall Street: The New Lake Wobegon
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It’s official : all the top brass at the nation’s too-big-to-fail financial institutions are above average. Since they are getting a big ch...
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alternative Money As A Macro Stabilizer, The Swiss Case
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Old monetarists used to praise monetary policy in Switzerland and its macro stability, a stability seen recently with only a small decline i...
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