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Glenn Hubbard – Ethically Challenged

As many of you know I regard Glenn Hubbard as the poster child of the laxity with regard to ethics within economics. That he can get away with it defies reason, but is entirely consistent with the extent of corruption of our elite and our economics elite in particular. Anyway, I am not alone. ‘Mathbabe’, […]

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Presidential Election

Yes, in case you missed it, there’s a presidential election going on in the US. It seems to have been going on for about five years. Either that or it has been a particularly nasty one, thus making up for relative brevity – let’s say its only been going on for two years – with […]

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Hiring Picks Up

Today’s government report on employment brings welcome news: the recovery is generating jobs, and the pace seems to be steady. The economy created 171,000 new jobs in October, which is many more than most analysts had expected. The unemployment rate, as often happens, went in the other direction, rising to 7.9%. Neither number is likely […]

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