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The Current Health Care Reform Compromise

So the Sen Ten have reached a secret deal. The main points seem to be that the public option is replaced by an sub – exchange of private non profit insurers (which is very close to nothing at all)...

Started in Angry Bear • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Open thread mid-week Dec. 8, 2009

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Cap and Trade and Horse Trading

Robert WaldmannHas a thought about how to get votes for a cap and trade bill in the Senate without giving a windfall to incumbent polluters. The problem is that it seems to be necessary to buy the...

Started in Angry Bear • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Go, Play!

http://www.gapminder.org/h/t Ezra Klein.

Started in Angry Bear • 1 week ago • 0 responses
EconTalk Jumps the Shark

Russ Roberts could at least pretend that Amity Shlaes (B.A., English Literature) had written a book related to economics, no matter how badly contrived and poorly researched it was.But what's his...

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: economics, jourmalism
Comparing Presidents – Real GDP per Capita, late 2009 edition

by cactus Comparing Presidents – Real GDP per Capita, late 2009 edition Every so often I find I have to rewrite a post about how well Presidents have done at producing economic growth. See,...

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
PSA: Worth Reading

While Henry and Brad DeLong noted some more silly prattling from a brain-dead economist, AB readers and those wanting to maintain their sanity* will prefer The New Decembrists, and new blog from The...

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: blogs, solvency crisis, brad delong, finance
Too efficient NOT to consolidate

Cross-posted at News N Economics blog, by RebeccaHere’s yet another historical record broken in 2009:“Only three insured institutions were chartered in the [third] quarter, the smallest quarterly...

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: us banks
Sunday Basket O' Questions

by Noni MausaSunday Basket O' Questions1. The Climate Change memos have opened up some interesting questions. Like, who are the thieves, and when will we see them in court? And if the thieves are...

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: bubbles, journamalism, tax cuts
Poodle Bites Own Tale

Larry Summers's Village Idiot: I was too right to give them EVERYTHING! And now they're being MEAN to me.

Started in Angry Bear • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: risk management, tim geithner, solvency crisis, utter stupidity
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