Libertarian Democrat Point Of View: An Eccentricity

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"Spending on national defense was the biggest positive contributor to the third quarter's economic numbers"

"To add insult to injury the US government is now paying 2-3 percentage points less on its short term debt "

"if it took only two weeks for the federal government to find $700 billion to bail out Wall Street "

"“You don’t just suddenly lose $120 billion overnight,”"

"The important thing to know about Mrs Watanabe is that, temporarily at least, she has all but stopped flapping her wings"

"and being taken aback by the amount of buying on margin in which ordinary Japanese investors were indulging."

"the Bank of England was free to cut interest rates without fear of breaching its inflation targets"

"We have a presumption against government regulation, which can be rebutted by showing long-term social improvements"

"This figure shows the money multiplier peaked the week of 6/4/08 and begin a sharp descent in late August."

"estimates of how effective various types of economic stimulus plans would be."

"``The Fed is making dollars available to the central banks of these countries who are trying to meet the needs of their banking systems.''

"only if there is a greater than 50 per cent chance that the company will be profitable in the next fiscal year."

"“It simply beggars belief that the car lobbyists now come cap in hand "

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"Mr Erhardt said there were about $300bn in fund losses to the end of this month."

"Howard Baker famously called Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts a “riverboat gamble"

"IMF officials said it would benefit a “discrete and not particularly large group” of nations. "

Don't They Ever Read The Comments?

"just so long as no mortgages were hedged with CDS. ": Not Likely

"The way to do so is through the shared appreciation mortgage, or SAM. " Sam I Am.

"finishing the Doha Round WTO negotiations would both provide a boost to the world economy "

"the Federal Reserve can prevent it, should prevent it, and will prevent it."

"According to the researchers, the revised index doesn’t do a better job of reflecting presidential approval ratings than the original."

"Almost half of U.S. homeowners think their homes are insulated from the broader national decline in prices, according to a survey by real-estate Web

I Don't Work In AIG Crap

"Barclays non-governmental recapitalisation efforts don’t exactly appear to be thundering forward."

"We have continued to tweak our underwriting models and to the recalibrate models this may be unstable."

"There are a couple of problems with this argument"

"I want to return to the issue of multipliers, discussed in nearly a year ago."

"The financial crisis is draining the rich of some of their riches."

"it may soon be time to rename the list."

""securitization" of assets and "safe" financial derivatives"

"Having acted, the government will then quickly need to stabilize the rules that enable and encourage private action."

"special drawing rights or some other form of international reserves on a large scale"

"And if his son has a similar job, he makes less than the father did two decades back."

"but it needs to be one that makes the markets function better, not worse"

"I have repeatedly explained that those funds are impotent, or perhaps even a bit counterproductive"

"‘Had it not been for the government’s help in refinancing their debt, they may not have had the cash to pay bonuses.’”

"Economists call it median wage stagnation. Others dub it the “silent recession”. "

"rotating OUT of bonds and INTO stocks. "

"the twin pearls of wisdom that you can’t beat the market (and shouldn’t try) and then equities go up in value over the long run "

"how far off are the economics on the deals you just signed versus what they would have been say at the peak on a percentage basis."

" But at this point, that's all I've really got: priors."

"And banks exist to lend money," White House press secretary Dana Perino said."