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links for 2009-10-07
Economist's View —
... Krugman on the end of trade - Felix Salmon
Jorgenson on Bush - Capital Gains and Games ...
Links 10/8/09
naked capitalism —
... troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains Times Online
More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas The Onion (hat tip Michael Panzner)
Christmas This Year Will Be Less Tacky [Recession] Consumerist
Chamber Of Commerce Gets What It Wants On Tax Dodger Ban From Senate Committee Huffingtn Post (hat tip reader John D)
Hamas Finds Gaza Tunnels’ $500 Million Loss Worse Than Madoff Bloomberg
Krugman on the end of trade Felix Salmon
US still world’s biggest manufacturer but China ...
"‘It’s Not the Great Depression — It’s Worse’"
Economist's View —
... that surpasses what even the pessimists
imagined,” he said. “World trade acted as a transmission mechanism,” spreading
economic distress “even to those countries that had relatively healthy financial
systems,” such as Germany.
“We really are one world economy in a way that has never been true before,” he
said.
Despite the collapse in trade, Krugman downplayed concerns about protectionism.
...
Felix Salmon
adds that:
[Krugman] also had a good line about economic ...
links for 2009-10-09
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Felix Salmon: Krugman on the end of trade
Matthew Kahn: Smart Buildings will Shrink Our Carbon Footprint
Simon Johnson: Too ...
