alephblog.com - 1/21/2009
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I decided to write this piece because of a short post at Alea ; rather than comment there, I thought I would post something slightly longer here. Consider the similarities between the US and Britain in the current crisis:
Accommodative monetary policies.
Generally free-ish with ...
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 1/26/2009
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com —
There are numerous YouTube videos, articles, and references
to Peter Schiff being "right" rapidly circulating the globe....
While Schiff was indeed correct about the US imploding, most of the praise heaped on Schiff is simply unwarranted, and I can prove ...
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Peter Schiff Was Wrong
VoxEU.org - 1/21/2009
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VoxEU.org —
Barry Eichengreen , 20 January 2009 2008 was
the year of asymmetric financial shocks for the Eurozone,...
but 2009 is the year of the symmetric economic shock. All of Europe is slipping simultaneously towards recession and the threat of deflation. Here ...
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Was the Euro a Mistake?
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... David Merkel takes a look at the dollar’s role in the banking crisis. Since the dollar is the reserve currency of the world, and by definition there can only be one of those, it’s doing much better than other currencies out there. David cites the British pound which has much in common with the dollar, but since it’s not the global powerhouse, it’s getting left behind. ...
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