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NY Times Leonhardt: The Optimistic View - Calculated Risk Looking Past a Cloud of Pessimism as a Recession Ends - NYTimes.com Has there really been a housing boom? - Bluematter  ...
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NY Times Leonhardt: The Optimistic View
— calculatedriskblog.com — David Leonhardt at the NY Times gives "equal time" to a more optimistic outlook: Through a Glass... Less Darkly In the fall of 1982, with a long recession ending but the unemployment rate heading toward 10 percent, The New York Times ran an article ... (more) NY Times Leonhardt: The Optimistic View

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A welcome GDP report
econbrowser.com - 10/30/2009
A welcome GDP report
— econbrowser.com — The Commerce Department reported today that the seasonally adjusted real value of the nation's production of goods... and services grew at a 3.5% annual rate during the third quarter, a little better than the 3.2% average seen since 1947.  ... (more) A welcome GDP report

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Old Time Recession (video)
— youtube.com — Merle goes gospel. Visit http://www.merlehazard.com for more songs. (more) Old Time Recession (video)

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