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isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/2011/02/07/health-care-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The &#8216;individual mandate&#8217; in Obamacare obliges everyone to take up an health insurance plan. That seems like a restriction on personal freedom, but there are good economic reasons for that..A free market, where health care is an individual choice, will lead to a suboptimal outcome in which we&#8217;ll all be worse off. What is known [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2011/02/07/health-care-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is Europe an economic disaster?</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2010/01/12/is-europe-an-economic-disaster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-europe-an-economic-disaster</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2010/01/12/is-europe-an-economic-disaster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reform Capitalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1709</guid> <description><![CDATA[Common knowledge has it. But is it right? Well&#8230; Europe is big and diversified. For countries in deep trouble, like Greece, Ireland and Spain, there are dynamic innovators like Finland, Sweden and Denmark and countries that have fared pretty well during the crisis like Germany, the Netherlands, and even France. We (as Europeans) wrote something [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2010/01/12/is-europe-an-economic-disaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Global Recycling problem</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/08/global-recycling-problem/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=global-recycling-problem</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/08/global-recycling-problem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Credit Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1618</guid> <description><![CDATA[At the heart of the world-economic problems lies an imbalance between the world supply and demand for goods and services. The funny thing is, it&#8217;s actually surprisingly easy to amend&#8230;. We have seen three powerful structural trends emerging in the last couple of decades: ∙    globalization ∙    a structural rise in productivity growth ∙    the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/08/global-recycling-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Economics of Jobs</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/03/unemployment-policy-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unemployment-policy-2</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/03/unemployment-policy-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:09:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/03/unemployment-policy-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an olther article, but the economics of unemployment have not changed that much since, and it&#8217;s still a very good overview.. Labor Markets: Why employment performance differs It is not only labor markets but also product market regulations that chiefly determine a nation’s employment performance. NOVEMBER 1994 • William W. Lewis, René Limacher, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/12/03/unemployment-policy-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Voodoo economists</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/11/02/crowding-out/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=crowding-out</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/11/02/crowding-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/11/02/crowding-out/</guid> <description><![CDATA[One has just been on Bloomberg (10.15AM). The amount of nonsense leaving her mouth is quite staggering&#8230; We didn&#8217;t quite catch her name but she&#8217;s from the University of California. Here is wat she argued: The stimulus will be negative for the US economy because it leaves less resources for the private sector. Consumers consume [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/11/02/crowding-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Quantitative easing didn&#8217;t work in Japan</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/10/15/quantitative-easing-didnt-work-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=quantitative-easing-didnt-work-in-japan</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/10/15/quantitative-easing-didnt-work-in-japan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:47:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence based policy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/10/15/quantitative-easing-didnt-work-in-japan/</guid> <description><![CDATA[From this weeks Economist. This is not good news&#8230;Quantitative easing is the form of monetary policy to which central banks resort when all other measures fail. Interest rates can only be lowered so much (essentially to zero, which has happened in Japan and the US). But if prices fall (deflation), the real cost of borrowing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/10/15/quantitative-easing-didnt-work-in-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How did economists get it so wrong?</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/09/07/how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/09/07/how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:53:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Reform Capitalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Market Fundamentalism]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1371</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vintage stuff from this year&#8217;s Nobel prize winner and one of the best brains around. A wonderful guide to the state of present day (macro)economics. Required reading. By PAUL KRUGMAN I. MISTAKING BEAUTY FOR TRUTH It’s hard to believe now, but not long ago economists were congratulating themselves over the success of their field. Those [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/09/07/how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Some really curious logic</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/24/toyota/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=toyota</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/24/toyota/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:05:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1307</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most economist argue that publicly managed companies would fare worse than privately managed companies. Not this guy. He argues one should not buy Toyota because it&#8217;s facing nationalized competition in the US. Curious argument, that&#8230; Why I&#8217;d Avoid Toyota, The #1 Automaker in the U.S. Tom Lindmark Depending upon your philosophical bent, this is either [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/24/toyota/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Socialism in Washington?</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/14/socialism-in-washington/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=socialism-in-washington</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/14/socialism-in-washington/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:32:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Public Policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1270</guid> <description><![CDATA[Politics is about getting votes, especially when you&#8217;re in opposition&#8230; Hence it&#8217;s understandable the opposition in the US brands the government as socialist. It&#8217;s a nice, catch-all, scary term (at least in the US), so it&#8217;s no surprise it&#8217;s used. We would probably do the same, given the chance. But is it right? Not really, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/14/socialism-in-washington/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The shortest take on the crisis..</title><link>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/11/krugman-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=krugman-crisis</link> <comments>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/11/krugman-crisis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:01:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Credit Crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World according to Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Krugman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://shareholdersunite.com/?p=1262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paul strikes again&#8230; Paul Krugman&#8217;s London lectures The Nobel laureate speaks on the crisis in the economy and in economics THE London School of Economics was once so popular among young American scholars that British students used to joke that LSE stood for &#8220;Let&#8217;s See Europe&#8221;. A distinguished sightseer, Paul Krugman, returned to the LSE [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://shareholdersunite.com/2009/06/11/krugman-crisis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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