Archive for December, 2011

I Just Got Here, but I Know Trouble When I See It – BlueRidgeNow.com

I Just Got Here, but I Know Trouble When I See It
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Mr. Bernanke deserves more credit than anyone for preventing the financial crisis from turning into a second Great Depression. Now, the key will be managing expectations. Financial markets always look ahead, albeit imperfectly.

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I Just Got Here, but I Know Trouble When I See It – New York Times

I Just Got Here, but I Know Trouble When I See It
New York Times
Mr. Bernanke deserves more credit than anyone for preventing the financial crisis from turning into a second Great Depression. Now, the key will be managing expectations. Financial markets always look ahead, albeit imperfectly.

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In 2012, Obama Political Strategy Hinges on Contrast With Congress – Fox News


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In 2012, Obama Political Strategy Hinges on Contrast With Congress
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Just last month at a fundraiser in New York, Obama said, "in addition to preventing a financial meltdown and preventing a second Great Depression, we were able to pass a historic health care bill that's going to make sure that 30 million people have

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Slow economic growth expected for 2012 – Allentown Morning Call


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Slow economic growth expected for 2012
Allentown Morning Call
While most are unhappy with the way the bank bailouts were handled — or more accurately, mishandled — the only reason this recession did not become the second Great Depression is that the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department did not allow a

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Week in Review Part IV: Random Musings – Forex Pros

Week in Review Part IV: Random Musings
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“The New York Times reported in November that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told Mr. Obama shortly after the election in 2008 that 'Your legacy is going to be preventing the second Great Depression.' Mr. Obama responded, 'That's not enough for me.

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Jonathan Alter and Nonsense on the Second Great Depression – Business Insider

Jonathan Alter and Nonsense on the Second Great Depression
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I got to see Jonathan Alter explain how President Obama and the Fed prevented a second Great Depression. The story went that the economy was losing 800000 jobs a month when President Obama took office in January. If this had continued until the end of

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Obama arrives in Hawaii for delayed holiday – CBS News

Obama arrives in Hawaii for delayed holiday
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The stimulus prevented a second great depression. Obama got Bin Laden! The economy is beginning to grow in spite of the right wing GOP obstructionists trying to kill our economy so they can maybe get one of their brain deads elected (it won't work).

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VIEW: Why call it black swan again and again —Uzma Ashraf – Pakistan Daily Times

VIEW: Why call it black swan again and again —Uzma Ashraf
Pakistan Daily Times
For example, the finance experts sitting as top regulators and central bankers knew the underlying causes of the second great depression that had set in since 2008 but they remained incapacitated to address the 'market forces' at work.

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US Economy & Unemployment: What Is To Be Done? – Benzinga

US Economy & Unemployment: What Is To Be Done?
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Farrell: "Our leaders are ideologically blind to the need to invest and invest big in jobs before this accelerating rage reaches a critical mass and ignites, triggering another American Revolution and the Second Great Depression." And in due fairness,

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Gilley: Bipartisan attack on Social Security – Richmond Times Dispatch

Gilley: Bipartisan attack on Social Security
Richmond Times Dispatch
This payroll tax cut could be the political tactic that brings America to the second Great Depression in 100 years. Wade Gilley is a retired university president who lives in Reston. Contact him at jwgilley@yahoo.com.

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