Nobel

21 October 2013

Linkfest: Economics v. science; Greenspan’s tua culpa; Cradle-robbing seniors

Today’s most shared: Is economics a science? Greenspan’s self-serving look at the financial crisis…The baby boomer’s last generation gap: an inter-generational great train robbery? JPMorgan’s monster settlement…Physicists and financial markets.

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18 October 2013

Linkfest: Taper timing; Shutdown post-mortems; Naming names in FX probe

Today’s most shared: The strange case of the fired Fed examiner… Naming names as FX investigation heats up… Fed taper timing… Nobel foundation could have used advice from Shiller and Fama.

1. Anatomy of a shutdown
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15 October 2013

Linkfest: House GOP balks at Senate deal; A financial markets Nobel; China steel binge resumes

Today’s most shared: Tea party faction dislikes compromise deal…Steel boom suggests China maybe not rebalancing so much…Shiller of ‘irrational exuberance’ fame shares Nobel with unrepentant housing-bubble-denying Fama (plus Hansen)…the Nobel committee could have just used Niall Ferguson’s Twitter… READ MORE ›