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(September 5, 2010 11:17 AM, by Arnold Kling) The New York Times reports, "This is subprime lending done right," said John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an umbrella group for 600 community organizations, and a staunch critic of the lending industry. He ...
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(September 5, 2010 11:17 AM, by Arnold Kling) The New York Times reports, "This is subprime lending done right," said John Taylor, president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an umbrella group for 600 community organizations, and a staunch critic of the lending industry. He ...
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(September 5, 2010 10:58 AM, by Arnold Kling) Ezra Klein writes, there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer. Klein's thinking is that people do not want to work longer, so raising the Social Security "retirement age" ...
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(September 5, 2010 10:21 AM, by Bryan Caplan) The last time I asked "Should I take to drink?," the best evidence seemed to say "Don't bother." Now Hanson and Crampton say the totality of the evidence is indeed in favor of moderate drinking, confounds notwithstanding. ...
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(September 5, 2010 10:00 AM, by David Henderson) In a comment on my post, "From the Vault: My Review of Krugman," commenter David C writes: I'd like to point out that on taxes at least, Krugman's position hasn't changed from 1990. He still thinks the ...
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
Shoes and eggs were pelted at Tony Blair today as he attended his first book signing in the Irish Republic....
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
In a bid to fend off the threat of a nationwide financial crisis, the Afghan government scrambled to shore up Afghanistan’s largest bank on Saturday after lines of frantic depositors mobbed the bank for a third day....
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
Israel’s undercover operations here, including missions to steal U.S. secrets, are hardly a secret at the FBI, CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies....
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke issues the warning. Asian nations, China and India first, are no longer willing to purchase securities issued by the US Treasury, which this year has about US$ two trillion short-term debt to refinance. Beijing is buying gold instead....
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
The global elite has launched a world-wide operation against an unaware population to reduce and control fertility. Vaccines and even staple food crops have been modified to achieve these goals....
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
“The policy of forced 'internal devaluation', deflation, and depression could risk driving Greece to the edge of a civil war. It is impossible to cut wages and prices by 30pc without major riots,” he said, speaking at the elite European House Ambrosetti forum at Lake ...
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Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:00pm PDT
The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq,...