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Links 5/19/13
Found on naked capitalism on Sun 19th May 13
Feline Fate: Brigitta the Wheelchair Cat Adopts Lost Kittens Der SpiegelCarbon storage in Arctic tundra shows ecosystem resiliency ScienceBlogHarry Reid eyeing July for the `nuclear option WaPo. 2013 and not 2009?Obamas trust-in-government deficit Dan Balz,
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Links for 05-17-2013
Found on The Big Picture on Sat 18th May 13
Just How Useless Is the Asset-Management Industry? - Justin FoxThe myth of liquidity and bubbles in financial markets - Antonio FatasSurprise! Inflation is too low almost everywhere on earth - Neil IrwinCuddly or not, the design of worker insurance is critically
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The Interest Rate Time Bomb
Found on PrefBlog on Sat 18th May 13
The recent policy debate over whether its time for interest rates to start to rise after being at the lowest levels since the Great Depression for nearly five years shows just how much of a policy box governments are in when it comes to fiscal and monetary
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Preliminary May Consumer Sentiment increases to 83.7
Found on Calculated Risk on Sat 18th May 13
Click on graph for larger image. The preliminary Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for May increased to 83.7 from the April reading of 76.4. This is the highest level since July 2007. This was well above the consensus
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How the Shock in New Oil Production Could Be the Worlds Greatest Scam
Found on Penny Stocks, Stock Market Advice, Economic Analysis, Investing In Real Estate and Gold on Fri 17th May 13
Shockwave, revolution, bonanza, and paradigm shift.These are just some of the provocative words in the Medium Term Oil Market Report-2013 that was just released by the International Energy Agency (IEA).I dont think Ive ever read a more enthusiastic and fervent
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Links for 05-17-2013
Found on naked capitalism on Fri 17th May 13
Just How Useless Is the Asset-Management Industry? - Justin FoxThe myth of liquidity and bubbles in financial markets - Antonio FatasSurprise! Inflation is too low almost everywhere on earth - Neil IrwinCuddly or not, the design of worker insurance is critically
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BLS: Unemployment Rate declined in 40 States in April
Found on Calculated Risk on Fri 17th May 13
From the BLS: April jobless rates down in 40 states, up in 3; payroll jobs up in 30 states, down in 18 Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in April. Forty states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, three
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Kinsley's Howlers
Found on naked capitalism on Fri 17th May 13
Michael Kinsley tries to take on Paul Krugman, but ends up showing he really doesn't know what he is talking about. For details, see: Seven Howlers from Michael Kinsley's Very Misguided War Against Paul Krugman - Brad DeLong The worst piece of conventional
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A week of links
Found on Evolving Economics on Fri 17th May 13
Were the Victorian’s cleverer than us? Patrick Rabbit pulls it apart.Kevin Mitchell has a shot at the new eugenics. Razib responds. Read the comments on both.Peter Singer critiques conspicuous consumption. The example is similar to one Robert Frank uses
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Bloomberg can not take Wall Street for granted
Found on Talking Biz News on Thu 16th May 13
John Gapper of The Financial Times writes about the Bloomberg LPsnooping scandal, warning the financial data and news company about taking Wall Street for granted. Gapper writers, “They could turn to its competitors, such as Thomson Reuters, or they could
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