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economicprincipals.com - 1/26/2009
In Which George W. Bush Enters History
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George W. Bush left Washington last week amid a hail of jeers. “The Frat Boy Ships Out” headlined The Economist . “Serially incompetent,” declared the Financial Times . “Worse than Hoover,” concluded Columbia University historian Alan Brinkley.   Bush arrived in Midland, Texas, to ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/19/2009
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
— washingtonpost.com — Sunday, January 18, 2009; B01 There's actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the... troubled presidency of George W. Bush . Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 hours, spent hundreds of hours ... (more) 10 Take Aways From the Bush Years

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theagitator.com - 1/23/2009
Blog Archive » Holy Crap
— theagitator.com — Rock ‘n’ Roll : President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against... terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the “war on terror,” as President George W. Bush ... (more) Blog Archive » Holy Crap

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Even Bush’s Economists Have a Hard Time Writing About His Economic Legacy
economistmom.com - 1/20/2009
Even Bush’s Economists Have a Hard Time Writing About His Economic Legacy
— economistmom.com — President Bush’s final Economic Report of the President came out yesterday. It’s produced by the President’s Council... of Economic Advisers, pictured above. I thought to myself, “yeah, they obviously have reason to look so ... (more) Even Bush’s Economists Have a Hard Time Writing About ...

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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:  Readings 01/26/09

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Readings 01/26/09
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — China worries about Treasury purchases are too early (Foreign Policy) Rail traffic slides during 2nd week of 2009 (Association of American Railroads) Sovereign credit losers led by Czechoslovakia (Markit) Investing for the Long Slump (Overcoming Bias) Keynes and Ellsberg's Paradox (Falkenblog) In Which George W. Bush Enters History (Economic Principals) How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions (NYTimes) Bankruptcy Fears Grip ...

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