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- Austrian economics: recent work by Mario J. Rizzo
- Chandler, Alfred by Walter Friedman
- International coordination of regulation by David Lazer
- Matching models: empirics by Jeremy Fox
- Preindustrial inequality by Branko Milanovic
- Reparations by Kim Oosterlinck
- Wal-mart, Economics of by Emek Basker
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- Arrow's theorem By Kenneth J. Arrow
- new institutional economics By L.J. Alston
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"Defenders and Demonizers of Credit Default Swaps"
Rajiv Sethi argues that naked credit default swaps can be destabilizing for reasons that defenders of these contracts "would do well to consider": Defenders and Demonizers of Credit Default Swaps, by Rajiv Sethi: The recent difficulties faced by Greece...
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Citi, AIG, Fannie, Freddie: The Horsemen Ride Again!
Some of the market’swounded horsemen are on the ride again. Around 1 p.m. shares and activity ofAIG burst higher.Thomson ReutersAbout a half hour later the excitement spread to the government-owned mortgage giantsFannie MaeThomson Reuters… andFreddie...
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BLS: Low Labor Turnover, More Job Openings in January
From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover SummaryThere were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate rose over the month to 2.1 percent, the highest the...
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