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By Mark Bahnisch on January 26, 2010
A number of US financial blogs are reporting that Ben Bernanke faces a chance of failure to be confirmed by the American Senate for a second term in office. James Bianco at The Big Picture has all the details, and [...]
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By Kim on October 28, 2008
As noted on this post, John Quiggin’s been having a look at Alan Greenspan’s rather muted confession of error: After this crisis, the Keynes-Minsky view of financial markets as inherently destabilising looks a lot more appealing than the opposing view, [...]
Posted in Economics, Markets, USA | Tagged alan greenspan, Ayn Rand, efficient markets hypothesis, financial markets, Fountainhead, global financial crisis, ideology, John Quiggin, libertarianism, neo-liberalism |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 27, 2008
I’m not sure if I’m the only one who found the juxtaposition on the news last night of discussion of global regulation at a meeting between Chinese and EU leaders and George W. Bush’s “free markets are great!” remarks rather [...]
Posted in China, Developing world, Economics, Europe, Foreign Elections, Health, International, Markets, Polls, Sociology | Tagged alan greenspan, Barack Obabama, Bretton Woods II, business cycles, Capitalism, Democrats, economic policy, Economics, efficient markets hypothesis, financial markets, George W. Bush, global financial crisis, GOP, healthcare, ideology, John McCain, John Quiggin, Keynesianism, neo-liberalism, regulation, socialism, Sociology, sociology of knowledge, taxes, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 9, 2008
Iceland may be a barometer for what’s changing in the world economy. It was only very recently that the Milton Friedman fan club was hailing Iceland as a “Nordic Tiger”, lauding its flat taxes and praising its “economic freedom”. “Economic [...]
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