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newyorker.com - 1/23/2009
Should the New York Times Slash Its Staff?: The Balance Sheet: Online Only: The New Yorker
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Henry Blodget offered up a plan to save the New York Times yesterday and, though unlike Felix Salmon , I think at least one of Blodget’s ideas makes sense—print subscriptions probably could be a bit more expensive—his plans for what to do with the actual content of the paper seem deeply ...
newyorker.com - 1/21/2009
Nationalization Will Not Be Easy: The Balance Sheet: Online Only: The New Yorker
— newyorker.com — Like Kevin Drum , I think that as the “nationalize now” meme has taken hold in the... blogosphere, people are talking about nationalization “awfully casually.” One way this manifests itself is in the argument that the only reason people are skeptical of ... (more) Nationalization Will Not Be Easy: The Balance Sheet: ...
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newyorker.com - 1/20/2009
Where Would Bank Nationalization Stop?: The Balance Sheet: Online Only: The New Yorker
— newyorker.com — Felix Salmon, who has been banging the drums for the U.S. government to start nationalizing banks, cites... a piece by the economist William Buiter as supporting the argument that the U.S. should nationalize Citigroup and Bank of America. But it’s a bit ... (more) Where Would Bank Nationalization Stop?: The Balance ...

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Dinosaur Trader — ... More ire was drawn this week when Henry Blodgett described his plan to save the NY Times. James Surowiecki disagreed. Actually, I'm just posting this link because I want to be hired by the New Yorker. Quick, everyone click on James Surowiecki name NOW! Okay, Mr. Surowiecki, now that I have your attention... SAVE ME! I'm a stock trader but I want to live on a farm in Maine and write about the dawn and the sound that loons make swimming on dark empty ponds. Email me dude. Thx. ...

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