Have we hit bottom last week. We are fairly sure we haven’t, but the SEC move against naked shorting in some of the financials was a clever move (that should be extended). We still think the housing market is key though, and it doesn’t look like an improvement is on the way any time soon. […]
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The world according to economics: a market problem
July 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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The World according to Economist; Free Trade part 2
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
We continue (see here for part 1) the election platform which would attract the economist vote according to Greg Mankiw. Free trade features prominently in that platform. It’s also in rather significant difference with the population at large, which is considerably less enthusiastic about free trade in most places in the world.
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The World according to Economics. Part1: Free Trade
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
We are interested in the space where politics and economics meet (as former students of both disciplines). Often, politics gets in the way of economics, even in the economically most advanced nations…