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The Most Puzzling (and Haunting) Statement about the ACA Fiasco
This may be a little after-the-fact, but I’ve been thinking about the ACA mess this weekend and keep coming back to President Obama’s November 7 interview with Chuck Todd. Or more precisely, Ann Althouse’s post on the interview. (I admit … Continue reading →
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Message from your President
Here’s a message from the president’s speech earlier today (full Zero Hedge link here):
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Tagged Barack Obama, limits to government, Zero Hedge
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“Anecdote This,” Dr. Furman
I’ll be camping out with my son this week at a scenic spot in the mountains (without Ginger Snap, who doesn’t do outdoor sleeping):
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Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Applebee's, Barack Obama, Brunswick, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chamber of Commerce, Darden Restaurants, Dean Baker, Dearborn, Denny's, employer mandate, Evan Soltas, Five Guys, Forever 21, Fort Wayne, Hardee's, Helene Jorgensen, Jason Furman, Long Beach, Medina, NBC Nightly News, Obamacare, Obamanomics, Olive Garden, Papa John's, Plano, Regal Entertainment Group, Southern Lehigh, St. Petersburg College, Subway, Walmart, Wegman's, Wendy's, Youngstown State
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Why Larry Summers’ Ego Matters
‘Larry Summers for Fed Chair’ proponents are working hard to reverse his generally poor reputation and seem to have gained some ground. They’ve tempted even Fed skeptics like me with reports that Summers doesn’t believe much in quantitative easing. But … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Brooksley Born, Bull by the Horns, Christine Romer, Citibank, Confidence Men, Duvvuri Subbarao, Fed succession, Larry Summers, Manmohan Singh, Paul Volcker, Raghuram Rajan, Ron Suskind, Sheila Bair, Tim Geithner
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For the Next Fed Head, Obama seems to be Choosing between a Yawn and a Hiss
Update (August 1) – I shortened this article slightly from the original. Based on media reports over the past few weeks, there are two clear front-runners in the competition to be named Ben Bernanke’s successor as Fed chairman. Current Vice … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Brooksley Born, Charles Ferguson, Harvard University, Janet Yellen, Larry Summers, Raghuram Rajan, Ron Suskind, Sheila Bair, Tim Geithner
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Adding Real, Present-Day People to Old Movie Scripts
Paul Krugman meets Hannibal Lecter, Barack Obama stymies E.T., Ben Bernanke advises H.I. McDunnough, and more…
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Tagged Animal House, Apocalypse Now, Austin Powers, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Dan Aykroyd, Donald Pleasance, E.T., Eddie Murphy, Eric Holder, Escape from New York, Field of Dreams, Ghostbusters, Hannibal Lecter, Hilsenrath, Isaac Hayes, James Caan, Jamie Dimon, Jaws, Jaye Davidson, Jim Carrey, John Belushi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liar Liar, Lloyd Blankfein, MIke Myers, Nicholas Cage, Paul Krugman, Paul Newman, Raising Arizona, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Roy Scheider, Stephen Rea, Taxi Driver, The Color of Money, The Crying Game, The Gambler, The Silence of the Lambs, Timothy Geithner, Titanic, Trading Places
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