Thursday, February 25, 2010

Europeans' worship of the state and corresponding suspicion of free markets doom their countries to economic stagnation

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Europe's Crisis of Ideas . By BRET STEPHENS Europeans' worship of the state and corresponding suspicion of free markets doom their ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

It would be better for our economy to enforce anti-manipulation laws, and require that speculators have enough capital to cover their risks, than to attempt to squash speculation

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In Defense of Financial Speculation . By DARRELL DUFFIE It is not the same thing as market manipulation. WSJ, Feb 24, 2010 George Soros, ...

My Gift to the Obama Presidency - Bush lawyers were protecting the executive's power to fight a vigorous war on terror

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My Gift to the Obama Presidency . By JOHN YOO Though the White House won't want to admit it, Bush lawyers were protecting the executive...

Financial Amplification Mechanisms and the Federal Reserve’s Supply of Liquidity during the Crisis

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Financial Amplification Mechanisms and the Federal Reserve’s Supply of Liquidity during the Crisis . By Asani Sarkar and Jeffrey Shrader Fe...

"The President's Proposal" on health-care

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ObamaCare at Ramming Speed . WSJ Editorial The White House shows it has no interest in compromise. WSJ, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 As of 3:...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Risk and Discipline in the Financial Markets: New resolution authority can help convince banks they're not too big to fail

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Risk and Discipline in the Financial Markets . By ARTHUR LEVITT New resolution authority can help convince banks they're not too big to...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Complex Loans Didn't Cause the Crisis - And the Consumer Financial Protection Agency wouldn't protect us from another one

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Complex Loans Didn't Cause the Crisis . By TODD ZYWICKI And Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Agency wouldn't protect us fr...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Yoo: Obama misunderstands his constitutional role

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Getting It Backwards . By John Yoo Obama misunderstands his constitutional role. The Weekly Standard, February 15, 2010 ,...
Monday, February 8, 2010

GMO Panel deliberations on the paper by de Vendômois et al. (2009, A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health, International Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 706-726)

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EFSA: Adopted part of the minutes of the 55th plenary meeting of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms held on 27-28 Januar...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

More Mr. Nice Guy - While nukes proliferate, the Federal President fiddles

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More Mr. Nice Guy . By John Bolton While nukes proliferate, Obama fiddles. The Weekly Standard, February 8, 2010 , Vol. 15, No. 20 In his le...

Obama vs. Holder

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Obama vs. Holder . By Stephen F. Hayes The Weekly Standard, February 3, 2010 3:45 PM In an interview with 60 Minutes last sp...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

More Nuance Needed in Bank Regulations

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More Nuance Needed in Bank Regulations . By Douglas J. Elliott Brookings, January 22, 2010 January 22, 2010 — On the day President Barack Ob...

Restricting Bank Activities

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Restricting Bank Activities . By Douglas J. Elliott Brookings, January 21, 2010 January 21, 2010 — President Obama has proposed various meas...

Defining Deficits Down

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Defining Deficits Down . By Isabel V. Sawhill Brookings, January 29, 2010 January 29, 2010 — When the president submits his budget on Februa...

How to Make a Weak Economy Worse - FDR's war against business showed that a president must choose between retribution and recovery

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How to Make a Weak Economy Worse . By AMITY SHLAES FDR's war against business showed that a president must choose between retribution an...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Study finds focus on abstinence in sex-ed classes can delay sexual activity

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Study finds focus on abstinence in sex-ed classes can delay sexual activity By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 1,...
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