Tag: economics
member name: Zak T.
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April 01, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
Deflation is rare and feared perhaps more than inflation. This is not just because deflation hurt debtors (i.e. most every individual and business), but because it also tends to correlate strongly with . . . more
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April 04, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
Already there is substantial Monday-morning quarterbacking over this week's new FTA with Korea (which still has to pass Congress). The Financial Times points out here that is illogical for these two . . . more
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April 06, 2007 12:16 PM EDT --
Lots of good international political-economic news out today. First off, US job growth in March was much stronger than expected; unemployment here is now at a 5-year low. And since unemployment and inflation . . . more
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April 01, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
A couple good stories out today on China. First, the concept of money has taken a new twist with virtual money (see Linden dollars in Second Life) coming to have real purchasing power. Apparantly this . . . more
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