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tvhe.co.nz - 2/11/2009
The one thing broken by this crisis …
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Even if nothing else is broken in the economy, there is one thing that has been irrevocably smashed. My belief that academic economists in the US would be able to use the economic tools developed over the last 200 years to objectively frame issues during a crisis - and then transparently ...
gregmankiw.blogspot.com - 2/6/2009
The Parable of the Broken Window: Update
— gregmankiw.blogspot.com — Those familiar with the broken window fallacy will enjoy this news story : Times were so tough... for window repairman Timothy Carl Klenke, police say, that he decided to take proactive measures: He armed himself with a slingshot and began cruising ... (more) The Parable of the Broken Window: Update
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