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paul.kedrosky.com - 7/6/2009
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A few more quotable quotes from that new interview with 94-year-old economist Paul Samuelson: On Greg Mankiw and Ben Bernanke The 1980s trained macroeconomics -- like Greg Mankiw and Ben Bernanke and so forth -- became a very complacent group, very ill adapted to meet with a completely ...
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Mr. Sunshine? Ron Paul Wins Support to Audit Fed Reserve - Political News
— foxnews.com — All of a sudden, Congress is paying close attention to Ron Paul. The feisty congressman from Texas,... whose insurgent "Ron Paul Revolution" presidential campaign rankled Republican leaders last year, now has the GOP House leadership on his side -- ... (more) Mr. Sunshine? Ron Paul Wins Support to Audit Fed Reserve ...

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ritholtz.com - 7/9/2009
Samuelson on Greenspan
— ritholtz.com — Today’s quote of the Day comes forth from 94-year-old economist Paul Samuelson on Alan Greenspan: > But... the trouble is that he had been an Ayn Rander. You can take the boy out of the cult but you can’t take the cult out of the ... (more) Samuelson on Greenspan

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The Big Picture — Today’s quote of the Day comes forth from 94-year-old economist Paul Samuelson on Alan Greenspan: > But the trouble is that he had been an Ayn Rander. You can take the boy out of the cult but you can’t take the cult out of the boy. > via Kedrosky ...

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