The meaning of a no-show.
Climate Change and Political Polarization
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Robert Stavins has always seemed optimistic about the potential for action on climate change, but there seems to be a shift toward a more pessimistic posture. After making the case for a market-based regulatory approach (as opposed to, for example,…
The New Political Correctness
Read the original post here: Paul Krugman.
Sovietizing the universities.
How Hunt avoided lengthy review of Murdoch’s Sky bid
Read the original post here: Robert Peston.
The memo written by Jeremy Hunt in November about News Corp’s BSkyB bid seems to explain almost everything that transpired in relation to the bid over th…
Paul Krugman: Egos and Immorality
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Ruin the economy, then get indignant and whiny if anyone points that out: Egos and Immorality, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: In the wake of a devastating financial crisis, President Obama has enacted some modest and obviously needed regulation;…
Fed Watch: Rumors and Threats
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Tim Duy: Rumors and Threats, by Tim Duy: From the Wall Street Journal’s MarketBeat blog this morning: “We’re now in a very sentiment-driven, rumor-driven, nonsense-driven market that’s prepared to grasp onto anything,” Dow Jones’s Katie Martin said this morning on…
No quick fix for Euro – maybe a slow one?
Read the original post here: Stephanie Flanders.
If you know anything about the Euro crisis you will know that there are "no quick fixes". But it’s been going on so long now, you’d think there…