macroblog.typepad.com - 9/25/2008
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A fair amount of the discussion around what now seems to be an imminent rescue plan to settle unsettled financial markets has been focused on a debate as to whether Main Street should pay or Wall Street should pay for the plan. Pimco’s William Gross, however, is suggesting it is a false choice ...
voxeu.org - 9/28/2008
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voxeu.org —
A couple of months ago at lunch with
a respected Fed watcher, I asked, What are the...
odds are that US unemployment will reach 10% before the crisis is over? Zero, he responded, in an admirable display of confidence. Watchers tending to internalise the ...
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From Wall Street to Main Street: Lessons from the Great ...
livescience.com - 10/3/2008
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livescience.com —
The outrage expressed by many so-called Main Street
folks over the proposed Wall Street bailout is based...
on more than a sense of injustice. It's about revenge, a basic animal instinct shared by humans, chimpanzees and even blue-footed boobies. And ...
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Animal Instincts: Main Street Seeks Revenge on Wall Street
accruedint.blogspot.com - 10/1/2008
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You know its bad when my wife, who
under normal circumstances immediately dozes off when I start...
talking economics, is checking finance blogs looking for news on the credit markets. She is getting into heated arguments with friends over the bail out ...
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Why Main Street should support this rescue
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Economist's View —
Wall Street worries, Main Street woes - macroblog
Just how bad is it? - Brad Setser
Why did Friday come early this week? - Interfluidity
The $700bn question - Robert Reich
Wall Street worries, Main Street woes - macroblog
A Defense of the Paulson Plan - Greg Mankiw
Responding to Greg Mankiw - Economix Blog
Asian CBs Throw Money at Seized-Up Credit Markets - naked capitalism
Bailout Still in Trouble - MotherJones ...
house prices and household formation
Decline and Fall of Western Civilization —
david altig takes a different look at house prices into the future, using an economic correlation to household formation. the conclusion is unfortunately broadly the same as implied by a return to price-to-income valuation. ...
09.29.08 - Heading for a Retest
Market Rewind —
... posts, clearly they know that main street owns wall street through 401-Ks and direct personal savings, and that measure of wealth has now declined in one day more than the sum total of the requested funding due largely to their inaction. Only difference being that loss is now a historical fact, whereas with the plan there was upside opportunity for all. Reading: o Vix & More - Top Ten Vix Events o Macroblog - The False Choice Measuring the Bear: o S&P; 500 High October 11, ...
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macro-man.blogspot.com 9/29/2008 — Clearly there are more voters on Main Street than Wall Street, and we all know that the first job of a Congressman in October is to make sure that he is a Congressman in January. Regardless of whether "the package" was a good idea or not, it doesn't ...
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From Wall Street to Main Street... Credit Frozen
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Main Street vs. Wall Street
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The American, A Magazine of Ideas
american.com 10/5/2008 — Main Street remains suspicious of government plans to buy distressed mortgage assets. Leading politicians and newspaper editorials are struggling to explain how the financial bailout will help Main Street. They see that the challenge is to get the ...
Why Bailout Wall Street?
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Don't Bail out Wall Street; Re-invigorate Main Street
informationarbitrage.com 9/26/2008 — Needless to say, Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke's $700 billion rescue package has ruffled a few feathers on Wall Street, Main Street, and the Legislative and Executive branches of the U.S. Government. Some say "Do it now or else we'll have financial ...
Wall Street News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com 9/15/2008 — Wall Street Articles After America's fury, Wall Street has changed forever (Independent, Ireland) 10/1/2008 12:03:35 AM Taipei shares open higher on Wall St bounce, local ban on short-selling (Forbes) 9/30/2008 11:53:00 PM Slow Rise for a New Era ...
Wall Street Really Needs Relief
gothamist.com 10/9/2008 — It has not been a good time on Wall Street , and now it's gotten even lower. Reader Adalis writes, " Someone spray painted the Wall St. Bulls balls blue. It was gone in a few hours, but I snapped some quick pics."
2009 will be the nightmare on Main Street
VoxEU.org 11/19/2008 — Nicholas Bloom , 18 November 2008 Every economist is predicting a macabre 2009, but no one knows for sure how bad things will get or who will survive. This column, by comparing the current crisis to uncertainty shocks of the last 40 years, predicts ...
William H. Gross - How Main Street Will Profit
washingtonpost.com 9/25/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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