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Community Reinvestment Act Makes Bankers Stupid, According to AEI Research : Many people who are more expert than I in the housing market have already debunked the CRA myth. Here are just a few: Janet Yellen, Menzie Chinn, Randall Kroszner, Barry Ritholtz, David Goldstein and ...
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Coral springs back from tsunami BBC One World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom Scientific American Disagreeing With Martin Feldstein on Defense Spending Stan Collander (hat tip Mark Thoma). A paragraph-by-paragraph refutation of a WSJ op-ed that argued for even more DoD feeding at the trough. Hedgies Still Hearing “Redemption Song” Joshua Brown Community Reinvestment Act Makes Bankers Stupid, According to AEI Research James Kwak (hat tip Brad DeLong) People Pulling Up to Pawnshops Today Are Driving Cadillacs and BMWs Wall ...
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