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ft.com - 11/5/2009
Lending must support the real economy
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E conomists have been mulling over the shape financial reforms should take. Robert Shiller wrote on these pages in defence of “financial democracy”, arguing that a wide range of financial products allows everyone to access liquidity and insure against risk. A week earlier in The New York Times, ...

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FT Alphaville — ... In the annals of double-edged compliments, Warren Buffett’s description of his planned $27bn acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe as an “all-in wager on the economic future of the US” ranks highly, writes the FT’s Gapper . If the best expression of America’s economic future is a railway operator dating back to the mid-1800s, then growth investors might be advised to look instead to China, India or Brazil. Dirk Bezemer: ‘Dear Top Economists… Lending must support the real economy ‘ Economists have been mulling over the shape financial reforms should take, notes Bezemer, ...

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naked capitalism — Fake AP Stylebook Steers You Completely Wrong — With Style Wired Rare whale gathering sighted BBC How central bank repos create conflicts of interest FT Alphaville Did We Learn Anything? Carry Trade Edition EconomPic Data Lending must support the real economy Dirk Bezemer, Financial Times Men in part-time work paid less than women Independent Sympathy for the Treasury Steve Waldman. The most comprehensive write-up of the meeting some bloggers had at the Treasury, and it is quite accurate, both ...

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