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There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble
online.wsj.com - 10/9/2008
There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble
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Since 2006 the U.S. economy has exhibited the features of a crash following a classic bubble. But the bulge was not precipitated by general stock-market excesses nor by an economy-wide bubble-crash. The excesses were focused in the housing and related financial markets -- banks, mortgage, and ...
Easy Money Causes Bubble; Easy Money Cures Bust: Caroline Baum
bloomberg.com - 10/9/2008
Easy Money Causes Bubble; Easy Money Cures Bust: Caroline Baum
— bloomberg.com — Commentary by Caroline Baum Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Haven't we seen this movie before? Central bank runs... easy monetary policy. Easy money inflates asset bubble. Central bank tightens monetary policy. Asset bubble bursts. Central bank runs easy monetary ... (more) Easy Money Causes Bubble; Easy Money Cures Bust: ...
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links for 2008-10-09
Economist's View — There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble - Vernon Smith Back to the Great Depression Debates - Econbrowser: In Praise of Bernanke - Economix TARP: a simple model - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy - NYTimes.com How to Recapitalize the Financial System - Greg Mankiw Bush Administration Needs Credibilty - Capital Gains and Games Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy - NYTimes.com ...

Thursday's Daily News
Club for Growth — ... DAILY NEWS Will McCain Make the Investor Connection? - Larry Kudlow, RCM Fear Will Subside - Steve Forbes, Forbes Magazine John McCain Wants Your Mortgage - Wall Street Journal Editorial How to Recapitalize the Financial System - Greg Mankiw, Mankiw's Blog Blame Accounting Alchemy for Market Evaporation - Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg A Rescue Plan That Didn't - Tim Chapman, Townhall.com Treasury and a 'Reverse Auction' - Vernon Smith, WSJ Pin Tail ...

More Commentary on the Financial Mess
Greg Mankiw's Blog — Laurence Kotlikoff and Perry Mehrling Vernon Smith David Leonhardt Nouriel Roubini Robert Shiller Nicholas Bloom

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