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What’s Wrong with the NCAA Tournament – James Kwak
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What’s Wrong with the NCAA Tournament. Actually, there are many things wrong with the NCAA basketball tournament(s — everything I say here applies equally to the men’s and women’s tournaments). A year ago. I criticized the arbitrariness of having a selection committee, arguing instead for a European soccer-style system where the number of slots for each conference is determined a year in advance based on a quantitative formula and then each conference is free to decide how its slots will be filled. No on...
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On the Census’ Mobility Report | Rortybomb
https://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/on-the-census-mobility-report
8220;Providing necessary social goods, especially education, as a right rather than through debt” and some theory on debt as governance. Occupy Campuses and Violent Police Responses Taking Place Across Countries, Time →. On the Census’ Mobility Report. November 16, 2011. According to the latest Census report. Catherine Rampell covers it here. Here is a cross country comparison:. So what is causing the decline? Underwater mortgages seem like a place to start for this, because it is difficult to sell a hou...
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Dear Dad, With Love (repost) | Abel Pharmboy's Scratchin' Post
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Abel Pharmboy's Scratchin' Post. Terra Sigillata Archives and Bits That Don't Fit Elsewhere. Dear Dad, With Love (repost). Friday 12 March 2010. Monday 16 August 2010. This is a repost of my reflections on my father who passed away 13 years today. It took me 12 years to write the following eulogy and remembrance. While quite personal, I posted it here last year. At Terra Sigillata on 12 March 2009. Today marks 12 years since you died. You see, you died alone in your apartment you rented from your sister ...
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Jamie Dimon | The Baseline Scenario
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What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Krugman on Financial Regulation →. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Jamie Dimon. April 3, 2010. The second type of banker is much more dangerous. This person understands how to control risk within a massive organization, manage political relationships across the political spectrum, and generate the right kind of public relations. When all is said and done, this banker runs a big bank and here’s the danger makes it even bigger. Dimon repre...
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The Perils of Studying Economics | The Baseline Scenario
https://baselinescenario.com/2010/06/08/the-perils-of-studying-economics
What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Investment Banks and the World Cup. Can the Buy Side Take on the Sell Side? The Perils of Studying Economics. June 8, 2010. At the New York Times recently wrote about a New York Fed study. Studying economics also affects your position on several public policy issues. Of seven issues, economics courses were significantly associated with the five following positions (Table 6):. Trade deficits are not so bad. Free marketers than professional e...
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Why China Is Unwilling to Revalue the Yuan | The Baseline Scenario
https://baselinescenario.com/2010/10/01/why-china-is-unwilling-to-revalue-the-yuan
What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. TARP Is Gone – But May Soon Be Back. The Government Does Have Something To Do with It →. Why China Is Unwilling to Revalue the Yuan. October 1, 2010. The following guest post was contributed by Ian Lamont. An MIT Sloan Fellow. He was previously the managing editor of the Industry Standard, and has also researched China’s state-run media. For years, China has been subject to enormous external pressure. In the industrial parks around Shenzhen...
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Why Do Harvard Kids Head to Wall Street? | The Baseline Scenario
https://baselinescenario.com/2010/05/04/why-do-harvard-kids-head-to-wall-street
What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Fake Debate: The Senate Will Not Vote On Big Banks. Download the Blog – New and Improved! Why Do Harvard Kids Head to Wall Street? May 4, 2010. That’s the title of a post a couple weeks ago. By Ezra Klein, in which he interviewed a friend of his who went to Wall Street after Harvard. Having seen this phenomenon from a couple of different angles, I’d say the interview is right on. This is how Klein summarizes the central theme:. It’s j...
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interfluidity » Monday at the Treasury: an overlong exegesis
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Monday at the Treasury: an overlong exegesis. Last Monday, I had the privilege to meet up with a bunch of bloggers and Treasury officials for what might be described as a “rap session”. The meeting was less formal than a previous meeting. There were no presentations, and no obvious agenda. Refugees from the blogosphere included Tyler Cowen. With a different set of bloggers, on Wednesday. Gap risk and liquidity risk are kryptonite to clearinghouses. Common equity. That’s not nearly enough to til...I did e...
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An Early Stress Test For The Financial Stability Oversight Council | The Baseline Scenario
https://baselinescenario.com/2010/10/21/an-early-stress-test-for-the-financial-stability-oversight-council
What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it. Finance and the Housing Bubble. Food and Finance →. An Early Stress Test For The Financial Stability Oversight Council. October 21, 2010. At its head they are presumably silenced by recent events. (If you need to get up to speed on the basics of this issue, see this series of posts. By Mike Konczal.). But what is the cost in terms of additional likely losses to big banks? The likely size and nature of these are leading to exactly the kind o...
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