Archive for May, 2010

Paul Krugman: It’s too soon to start inflicting pain – Houston Chronicle

Paul Krugman: It's too soon to start inflicting pain
Houston Chronicle
by applying the lessons learned from the 1930s, they managed to limit the damage: It was terrible, but it wasn't a second Great Depression.

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Market swings provide lessons – Shreveport Times

Market swings provide lessons
Shreveport Times
Now that we have some emotional distance from the "Second Great Depression" conjectures of only 15 months ago, it is perhaps a good time to ask yourself

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Paul Krugman: About that Conventional Wisdom – The New Ledger

Paul Krugman: About that Conventional Wisdom
The New Ledger
he's said many times: that fiscal stimulus spending early in the Obama Administration is the reason we didn't experience a second Great Depression.

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The Pain Caucus – New York Times

The Pain Caucus
New York Times
by applying the lessons learned from the 1930s, they managed to limit the damage: It was terrible, but it wasn'ta second Great Depression.

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The Next Black Swan- A Yuan Devaluation – Before It’s News

The Next Black Swan- A Yuan Devaluation
Before It’s News
markets) imports over the same period, indicating that EM are the last fourntiar standing between the world economy and the second great depression.

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Moving toward what future? – Ithaca Journal

Moving toward what future?
Ithaca Journal
Now that we face the possibility of a second Great Depression, we want to close them down? One wonders if we are the same people that we were then or if we

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Sharing the Burden of War – PBS


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Sharing the Burden of War
PBS
apparently had been on a drunken bender of sub-prime loans and mortgage derivatives that nearly catapulted the nation into a second Great Depression.

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The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood – Times Online

The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood
Times Online
the disdain is mutual: “I caused the second Great Depression/ What can I say/ I guess I got a bit carried away,” Hannon sings on The Complete Banker.

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Address to Finance Ministers of the Americas and Caribbean By Dominique … – International Monetary Fund

Address to Finance Ministers of the Americas and Caribbean By Dominique
International Monetary Fund
Especially after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, economic activity all over the world began to tumble at a dizzying rate, and a second Great Depression

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Noonan Unhinged – The Atlantic (blog)

Noonan Unhinged
The Atlantic (blog)
For Noonan, actual difficult practical tasks most adults understand are complex to grapple with – how to prevent a Second Great Depression, how to police

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