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overcomingbias.com - 10/25/2008
Trust Us!
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Few experts in our society could pull off saying: Emergency!!!  We will suffer terribly if you don't spend a trillion dollars right now overpaying for stuff from our friends!  No, you don't have time to study the problem, nor will we present an analysis for your review.  No, ...
U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift (Update1)
bloomberg.com - 10/21/2008
U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers and officials moved toward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal... Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush administration dropped its opposition. Bernanke warned legislators ... (more) U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift ...

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bloomberg.com - 10/21/2008
U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers and officials moved toward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal... Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush administration dropped its opposition. Bernanke warned legislators ... (more) U.S. Moves Toward Stimulus as Bernanke, Bush Shift ...

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hnn.us - 10/26/2008
History News Network
— hnn.us — Liberty & Power: Group Blog Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Recent Fed Machinations Recent Federal Reserve activity is unprecedented.... For a dramatic visual, go to Greg Mankiw's blog . Many believed that Ben Bernanke had begun pumping up the money supply as ... (more) History News Network

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EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty:  Whatever Happened to Gridlock?

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Whatever Happened to Gridlock?
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty — Until recently, the nice thing about American democracy was that it was hard for policy to rapidly get worse. What happened? Robin Hanson points to the amazing epidemic of deference to doom-saying economists . Is that the real story? If it is the real story, why now? If you've got the explanation, please let me know, because I want my gridlock back! CATEGORIES: ...

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