market-ticker.denninger.net - 1/7/2009
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Change we can believe in? Where? This is Obama's idea of "change": WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says the nation probably faces huge deficits for years to come, but heavy spending is needed now to spur the economy. Obama said Tuesday the deficit ...
Replacing Justice Souter
reason.com 5/21/2009 — With Supreme Court Justice David Souter set to retire next month at the end of the Court's current term, President Barack Obama faces one of the most important decisions of his tenure. Reason.com asked a panel of leading legal scholars and ...
For Those Who Said He Wouldn't
maxedoutmama.blogspot.com 11/19/2008 — The governors had their climate change conference, and Obama made an appearance yesterday. The NY Times has the story : Speaking by video to a climate conference in Los Angeles, Mr. Obama repeated his campaign vow to reduce climate-altering carbon ...
Christina Romer on YouTube on the Stimulus Plan
economistsview.typepad.com 1/11/2009 —
Paul Krugman is pushing for more:
More on Romer/Bernstein : Still picking over the Romer/Bernstein
official
evaluation of the Obama economic plan. Again, kudos to the team for
producing such a clear, honest assessment. But ...
How to Profit from the Obama Stocks
oldprof.typepad.com 6/14/2009 — Understanding public policy decisions is crucial to investment success. This has never been more true. Government intervention is changing the nature of every business. As an investor, you need to figure out what is going to happen, and whether it ...
Obama's Vision Of Supreme Court Pick Clear
cbsnews.com 5/24/2009 — On the verge of choosing his first Supreme Court nominee, President Obama has already provided a profile of the person he is likely to pick: an intellectual heavyweight with a "common touch."
What, I Was Serious?
windsofchange.net 1/15/2009 — I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here.
Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent :
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against ...
Obama stimulus could reach $1 trillion: report
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reuters.com 12/15/2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's team is considering a plan to boost the recession-hit U.S. economy that could be far larger than previous estimates and might reach $1 trillion over two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Blog Archive » Hedge funds: “Yes, we can!”
ftalphaville.ft.com 11/6/2008 — What a curious relationship exists between newly-elected US President Barack Obama and hedge funds. The industry has donated over $1m to Obama’s campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org (small change to a hedge fund manager, perhaps, but it still makes ...
Dissident Notes on the Obama Coronation
cato-at-liberty.org 1/20/2009 — It’s wall-to-wall Obama in the newspapers and on the airwaves, and I keep wondering, Was it quite so overwhelming in the run-up to previous inaugurations? I think not. Presumably the gushing media response is generated by some combination of ...
Obama’s Bear
optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com 3/5/2009 —
I will preface this post by emphasizing that it is NOT Barack Obama’s fault that the market has fallen so much on his watch. The American economy was grossly over-leveraged before he was even elected to the Senate in 2004.
The stock ...
Understimulated —
The Big Money 1/7/2009
Washington officials can't say for sure how many people are coming to town for Barack Obama's inauguration. Estimates have ranged from 2 million to 4 million .
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Transitional woes: Reality check —
The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
The Democrats are hitting a few speed bumps ON JANUARY 6th Fred Thompson, a former senator and actor, glad-handed his way across the Senate floor. Edward Kennedy, who suffers from a brain tumour, strode up and down its aisles. And the 91-year-old ...
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