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marginalrevolution.com - 2/6/2009

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— marginalrevolution.com — 1. Paul Romer on creating good banks . 2. Another application of Modigliani-Miller ? 3. How fiscal... stimulus fared in Japan . 4. More economic advisers for Obama , including Tyson and Feldstein on a council. 5. What is conservatism ? (more) Assorted links

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— marginalrevolution.com — 1. Vote for Jesus ? 2. What would Larry Summers do ? 3. Beatle songs ranked ;... but they are way wrong on many, for instance "I Wanna Be Your Man" is way worse than the excellent "Good Day Sunshine." (more) Assorted links

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marginalrevolution.com - 2/8/2009

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— marginalrevolution.com — 1. China prodigy of the day . 2. Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong (YouTube). 3. Models of... correlations among risks , by Robert Engel, and here . 4. What really caused the crisis?  A good short piece . 5. Brad Delong lists the cuts in the ... (more) Assorted links

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Stimulus package for bloggers
The visible hand in economics — If we have to have a stimulus package in New Zealand (because the government feels it HAS to do something), then maybe they could have a stimulus for bloggers.  The case is made here (ht Marginal Revolution).  It is a 14 point argument - so it must be right! I would add that there is a concern surrounding entry - people may flood into the blogger industry trying to get the subsidy as there is virtually no barrier to entry.  Sure this will increase employment - but it will make the cost of the subsidy unbounded.  As a result, they should restrict ...