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Economics Defined
The study of the economy. See also: Macroeconomics; microeconomics; Keynesian economics, monetarism, and supply-side economics.
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Fannie and Freddie were blind to the bubble
Published September 6, 2008, 6:10 pm, The Hendersonville Times-News
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts - failed to heed warnings that the most dramatic housing bubble in U.S. history would burst.
Q&A with Hemet Council candidates
Published September 6, 2008, 5:51 pm, The Press-Enterprise
We asked candidates for Hemet City Council to respond to questions about current city issues. Here are the questions and their responses: 1. Why are you running for office?
Tuesday's vote will decide two names on Nov. ballot
Published September 6, 2008, 5:28 pm, The Woonsocket Call
NORTH SMITHFIELD — Of the four candidates vying for the two-year position of town administrator, only two will remain standing after Tuesday’s run off election.
Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble
Published September 6, 2008, 5:06 pm, AP via Yahoo! News
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts — failed to heed warnings that the most dramatic housing bubble in U.S. history would burst.
Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble
Published September 6, 2008, 4:58 pm, The Economic Times
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts - failed to heed warnings. Tips to keep yourself out of debt
Mortgage giants were blind to bubble
Published September 6, 2008, 4:36 pm, MSNBC
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts — failed to heed warnings that the housing bubble would burst.
Mortgage Giants Were Blind To Bubble
Published September 6, 2008, 4:26 pm, NBC 5 Chicago
Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts - failed to heed warnings that the housing bubble would burst.
Liberals scramble to get plane ready for election
Published September 6, 2008, 4:22 pm, CTV British Columbia
The New Democrats have taken their campaign bus for a test spin, the Conservatives are running election ads, but the Liberals are scrambling to get their plane ready -- a Boeing 737 made in 1979.
Weekend Reading: Pimco Edition
Published September 6, 2008, 4:13 pm, US News & World Report
Grading Ted
Published September 6, 2008, 3:57 pm, The Lima News
LIMA - Independence Elementary School pupils are playing tag, but stop periodically to calculate how many have been tagged out.
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- Environment and Planning C abstract
- 'Two Cultures' Tension in Social Science :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs
- Democratic Dominoes: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog: In a recent paper, co-author Andrea Dean and I investigate whether democratic dominoes like the ones American foreign policy posits actually exist and, if they do, how ?hard? they fall. Does democracy really spread between countries? If so, how much? We find that democratic dominoes do in fact exist, but they fall significantly ?lighter? than foreign policy applications of this principle pretend. Countries only ?catch? about 11 percent of their geographic neighbors? average changes in democracy; the modesty of this spread rate is consistent over time. Our analysis extends back to 1850, but 150-plus years ago, like today, changes in countries? democracies were only mildly contagious.
- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity -- TEEB
- Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) goes blank trying to find differences between McCain and Bush's economic policies.
- The music-business -news aggregator The Daily ... [Hello?]: The music-business -news aggregator The Daily Swarm has been dark for the past week, making me wonder if the site's going weekly or going someplace more onimous. I know that things have been kinda dead lately, news-wise, and I understand how one might get weary of fighting the same fights about the "exci ting" current landscape of pop over and over, but I do hope it comes back, because too many music-news outlets have closed this year already.
- Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jobs Decline 8th Consecutive Month, Unemployment Hits 6.1%
- Debate: 'Behavioural economics: is it such a big deal?': Pete Lunn and Tim Harford debate. "Behaviou ral economics is becoming increasingly fashionable. Does it represent a revolution in economic thinking? Or does it merely provide a few handy insights into the more irrational behaviours of individuals?&q uot;
- Connecticut Economic Resource Center
- The Numbers on Teen Pregnancy - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
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