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online.wsj.com - 28 days ago
Mark Spitznagel: The Man Who Predicted the Depression
— online.wsj.com — MARK SPITZNAGEL Ludwig von Mises was snubbed by economists world-wide as he warned of a credit crisis... in the 1920s. We ignore the great Austrian at our peril today. Mises's ideas on business cycles were spelled out in his 1912 tome "Theorie des Geldes ... (more) Mark Spitznagel: The Man Who Predicted the Depression

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telegraph.co.uk - 28 days ago
Bank of England says financiers are fuelling an economic 'doom loop'
— telegraph.co.uk — The banking sector must be overhauled as profoundly as in the wake of the Great Depression or... financiers will 'game the state' over and over again. (more) Bank of England says financiers are fuelling an economic ...

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The Slow Motion Depression Continues
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delong.typepad.com - 17 days ago
Chance of Great Depression Now 5%...
— delong.typepad.com — For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat... of the Great Depression or anything like it--that we know what to do and how to do it and will do it if things turn south. I don't think I can say that anymore. In my ... (more) Chance of Great Depression Now 5%...

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baselinescenario.com - 4 days ago
Feudal Lords Of Finance
— baselinescenario.com — In some influential circles, these questions are now asked: What’s wrong with high levels of inequality in... general, and with having very rich bankers in particular. After all, human societies have survived the presence of extremely wealthy individuals in the past – in fact, some now argue, ... (more) Feudal Lords Of Finance

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U.S. Joblessness May Reach 13 Percent, Rosenberg Says (Update1)
bloomberg.com - 26 days ago
U.S. Joblessness May Reach 13 Percent, Rosenberg Says (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. unemployment rate may rise to a post-World War II high of... 13 percent in the aftermath of the recession, said David Rosenberg , chief economist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc. in Toronto. “This is going to be the ... (more) U.S. Joblessness May Reach 13 Percent, Rosenberg Says ...

Comments vote down [ The Financial Ninja ] found this 26 days agofound this
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008; Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation With Homeownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis
foreignaffairs.com - 25 days ago
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008; Financial Fiasco: How America's ...
— foreignaffairs.com — The economic crisis of 2008-9 will no doubt spawn dozens of books. Here are two good early... ones. The Nobel Prize-winning economist Krugman has extensively revised his 1999 book, The Return of Depression Economics , which focused on the emerging-market ... (more) The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of ...

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news.yahoo.com - 25 days ago
Ida weakens to depression, Gulf oil patch recovers
— news.yahoo.com — MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) Ida dwindled to a tropical depression on Tuesday after crawling ashore in Alabama from... the Gulf of Mexico , and oil operations in the Gulf were returning to normal after being widely disrupted by the storm. Ida, which at its ... (more) Ida weakens to depression, Gulf oil patch recovers

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 24 days ago
Depression multipliers
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Yes, fiscal expansion is expansionary. (more) Depression multipliers

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econlog.econlib.org - 15 days ago
Dominating the Narrative
— econlog.econlib.org — (November 20, 2009 08:57 AM, by Arnold Kling) Will Wilkinson writes, Ygesias says, "I believe that absent... the [TARP] bailout, we'd be looking at even higher unemployment today." I think this is a plausible claim. But I don't know of a satisfactory way ... (more) Dominating the Narrative

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Foreign Policy
foreignpolicy.com - 5 days ago
Foreign Policy
— foreignpolicy.com — 1. Ben Bernanke for staving off a new Great Depression. Chairman, federal reserve | Washington The Zen-like... chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve might not have topped the list solely for turning his superb academic career into a blueprint for ... (more) Foreign Policy

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hf-implode.com - 6 days ago
New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream
— hf-implode.com — "Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of... the world's leading hedge-fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal amid concern government efforts to avoid another Great Depression that could undermine major currencies and fuel rampant inflation." (more) New gold bugs making gold investments mainstream

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 30 days ago
Increasing returns in a comparative advantage world
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Largely incomprehensible. (more) Increasing returns in a comparative advantage world

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hf-implode.com - 30 days ago
Junk Default Rate Is Highest Since Great Depression
— hf-implode.com — " The global speculative-grade default rate rose to 12.4 percent in October, the highest proportion of defaults... since the Great Depression, according to Moody’s Investors Service." (more) Junk Default Rate Is Highest Since Great Depression

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cafehayek.com - 28 days ago
Keynes on Mises — and on Himself
— cafehayek.com — Here’s a letter that I sent this morning to the Wall Street Journal: Kudos to Mark Spitznagel... for drawing attention to the important but neglected work of the late Ludwig von Mises (” The Man Who Predicted the Depression ,” Nov. ... (more) Keynes on Mises — and on Himself

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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
Delong Says Odds of Another Great Depression Reach 5%; I Assess Odds of Various Scenarios
— globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com — Economist Brad DeLong, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley, is getting increasingly pessimistic. DeLong says: Chance of Great... Depression Now 5%... For 2 1/4 years now I have been saying that there is no chance of a repeat of the Great Depression ... (more) Delong Says Odds of Another Great Depression Reach 5%; I ...

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abnormalreturns.com - 2 days ago
Monday links: depression mode
— abnormalreturns.com — Hedge fund manager Bridgewater Associates is under fire for having gone into “depression mode” in their All-Weather... portfolio. ( Pensions & Investments ) “(T)rying to calculate industry-wide alpha is a mug’s game. Hedge ... (more) Monday links: depression mode

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feeds.timesonline.co.uk - 24 days ago
German suicide goalkeeper Robert Enke 'hid depression'
— feeds.timesonline.co.uk — Robert Enke, the Hannover 96 and Germany goalkeeper, had suffered years of depression before he committed suicide... last night. (more) German suicide goalkeeper Robert Enke 'hid depression'

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