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    Aftermath

    October 17, 2013

    The Republicans achieved nothing, but they did a lot of damage. That seems to be the emerging consensus this morning as Americans put their heads up over the trench parapets, and as government workers trudge back to work. There are a few things to remind ourselves of in the aftermath of the crisis. It is […]

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    Bar The Shouting?

    October 16, 2013

    OK let’s cut the hyperbole. The current crisis is about to end. This doesn’t mean there won’t be more, indeed I suggest there will be many more, but for now this particular one is about to end. And it will end as a crushing defeat for the Ultra extremists. It will take an election or […]

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    Footnote on Fama and Economics

    October 16, 2013

    A quick note to refer you to John Kay’s article in today’s Financial Times. By and large I think he nails the oddity of the quasi-Nobel committee’s choice this year. This paragraph stood out to me: “But we do not have to believe, like Prof Fama, that we all correspond to his concept of rationality […]

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