economistsview.typepad.com - 7/25/2009
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Health care in Canada
Angry Bear —
rdan Health care in Canada from 1983, hat tip Mark Thoma at Economist View, is worth reading.
Savings Rate...
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... And Mark Thoma shows us the savings rate:
And asks:
Economist's View: How Much of the Increase is Permanent?
I would guess that only a small part of the rise in the savings rate is permanent. Financial distress was and is much greater than in past post-WWII recessions, and financial distress is associated with transitory rises in the savings rate. ...
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