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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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US CPI Falls at Fastest Rate since 2008, but could it Still be Overstating the Rate of Inflation?
Found on Calculated Risk on Mon 20th May 13
According to data released yesterday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Consumer Price Index fell in April at an annual rate of -4.35 percent. It was the second consecutive monthly decrease and the fastest rate of decrease since late 2008, when the
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Links for 05-18-2013
Found on naked capitalism on Mon 20th May 13
Too Much Talk About Liquidity - Paul KrugmanThe Real Scandal and Systemic Abuse of Power - Robert ReichWhat's the Variance of a Sample Variance? - Dave GilesWhat Rational Really Means - Scientific AmericanA Defense of the Financial Sector - Tim TaylorThe Mississippi
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IRS scandal: Mainstream media fails to show the slightest curiosity about inconsistencies in Obama administration defenses
Found on Beat the Press on Mon 20th May 13
It has been troublesome that so much of the media is already arguing from the beginning of this last week that this wasn't like Watergate. My question is: how could they already know that the Obama White House wasn't involved in these decisions? What
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A week of links
Found on Evolving Economics on Mon 20th 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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SAC Capital Will No Longer Provide Investors With Updates On Its Unconditional Cooperation With The Governments Investigation, Which Oh, By The Way, Aint So Unconditional Anymore
Found on Dealbreaker on Tue 21st May 13
SAC Capital Advisors, the hedge fund owned by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, told its investors on Friday that it was no longer cooperating unconditionally with the governments insider trading investigation. In the past we have tried to be as transparent
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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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Fiscal prioritisation: Lessons from three wars
Found on VoxEU.org: Recent Articles on Sun 19th May 13
George Hall, Thomas J. Sargent, 19 May 2013Can we learn from previous instances of fiscal prioritisation? This column surveys the US Treasurys response to three wars the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812 and the Civil War. Contemporary advocates of engaging
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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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Helicopter money as a policy option
Found on VoxEU.org: Recent Articles on Mon 20th May 13
Lucrezia Reichlin, Adair Turner, Michael Woodford, 20 May 2013With persistently weak economic conditions becoming the norm in Europe, economists are considering increasingly unconventional policy options. One tool that has yet to be taken out of storage is
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