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http://tr.im/pWNf The Barenaked Ladies new website is awesome, especially this page… (Hint: OMG! OMG! OMG!)
http://tr.im/pUhd Welcome Stup…
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http://tr.im/pUhd Welcome Stupid Cancer Maine! (Our Latest Chapter!)
http://tr.im/pUgG Early Report…
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http://tr.im/pUgG Early Reports Are In: The “Stupid Cancer Dot Com” Wristbands Are Showing Up Early @ Your Local Spencers! TGIF And Rock On!
http://tr.im/pNam Last Batch
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http://tr.im/pNam Last Batch – Even More Pictures From The 3rd Annual Stupid Cancer UnGala NYC ‘09
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http://tr.im/pLY6 Artist/Survivor Rachel Chatoor Blogs About Hew Role With Our Latest Benefit CD pre-Launch Campaign
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http://tr.im/pRqH Uhm… Don’t…
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http://tr.im/pRqH Uhm… Don’t beat your kids. Not only for the obvious reasons but because now there’s this…
THE GREAT EXPERIMENT BEARS FRUIT…SO FAR
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One day we’ll look back on 2009 and wonder what all the confusion was about. All will become clear and we’ll know when the recession ended, when the bull market began anew and how and why the cycle turned. Meanwhile, we’re wondering if the data du jour […]
On grilling the Fed Chair
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I got a bit angry at accounts of the latest appearance of Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke before the U.S. Congress.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Bernanke faced open hostility from lawmakers who barraged him during a Congressional hearing over his handling of the financial crisis and the central bank’s role […]
Links for 2009-06-26
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has put together some very useful timelines of the financial crisis, if you want a handy reference for what happened when in both the United States and around the world.
The BEA reported that disposable personal income increased 1.6% between April and May. […]
New Financial Regulations: Trying to Fix Self-Correcting Problems
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In the midst of the banking crisis, the Obama administration is considering sweeping financial regulations. But before fixing problems with a sledgehammer, let’s assess which of these problems have fixed themselves. It turns out that many of the private sector errors that helped trigger the financial […]
Consumer Spending: Savings Will Soon Drive Increased Spending
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I’ve been saying that consumer spending would soon increase. It has not happened yet, but consumers are now in position to get going. The key concept is that consumers have not been income constrained, as a group. In the aggregate, they are simply scared. […]
Home Prices and Consumer Spending
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Some friends have been debating the role of housing prices in consumer spending, stimulated by two recent articles in the Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Economics blog. First, Charles Calomiris, Stanley Longhofer and William Miles wrote that effect of housing wealth on consumption is about zero. […]
Chart of the Day: Med. Equipment, Canada vs. U.S.
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Source: Fraser Institute
“Advocates of single-payer health care systems tend to promote the allegedly lower monetary costs, but they ignore the lack of access to medical resources,” said Brett Skinner, Fraser Institute Director of Health, Pharmaceutical and Insurance Policy Research and lead author of the peer-reviewed study: “The […]
Reason.tv: Obama Care
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Reason.tv: What If Government Ran Health Care?
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New Blogs
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News from 1930: A daily summary based upon news from the Wall Street Journal from the corresponding day in 1930.
John Stossel’s Take: ABC News’ Co-Anchor of “20/20″ offers his libertarian views on the economy, education, health care and politics.
ECRI Leading Index: First Pos. Growth in 22 Months
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NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - A gauge of future U.S.economic growth rose, and its yearly growth rate turned positive, raising hopes that the end of the recession is insight, a research group said today. The Economic Cycle Research Institute, a New York-based independent forecasting group, said its […]
Milton Friedman on The Phil Donahue Show, 1979
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Part 2 here.
Part 3 here. (Starting at about 1:00 in this segment is the famous part where Milton Friedman “schools” Phil on “greed.”)
Part 4 here.
Part 5 here.
In 1979, Milton Friedman appeared on The Phil Donahue Show and discussed The Great Depression, the New Deal, the auto industry, […]
The Volatility Index (VIX) Falls to a 9-Month Low
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The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) closed yesterday (Thursday) below 27 for the first time since September 12 of last year, and reached a new 9-month low of 26.36. From the November highs that peaked at almost 81, the VIX has fallen by more than 67%.
Cartoon of the Day
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HT: Marc Mayfield
Consumer Confidence Rises 4th Straight Month for the First Time Since the End of the 2001 Recession
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LA TIMES – Confidence among U.S. consumers rose this month for a fourth straight time, reflecting signs that the worst of the recession has passed. The Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment gained to 70.8, the highest level since February 2008, from 68.7 in May.
Recent […]
Florida Home Sales Increase for 9th Straight Month
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ORLANDO, FL (June 23, 2009) – Florida’s existing home sales rose in May – the ninth month in a row that sales activity increased in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR). Statewide sales showed gains over the […]
California Home Prices Increase in May for Third Straight Month; Largest May Increase in History
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LOS ANGELES (June 25) – Home sales increased 35.2% in May in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home declined 30.4%, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (C.A.R.) reported (see chart above).
“With affordability for first-time buyers at a record […]
Income, Spending, and Saving All Increase in May
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WASHINGTON – Households pushed their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years in May as a big boost in incomes from the government’s stimulus program was devoted more to bolstering nest eggs than increased spending. The savings rate, which was hovering near zero in […]
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