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http://angrybear.blogspot.com/ - Slightly left of center commentary on economics, news, and politics.

angrybear.blogspot.com - 12 hours ago
JP MORGAN: THE JOBLESS RECOVERY WON’T BE SO BAD
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Rdan Pragmatic capitalist points us to thinking that works for some. The strategy outlook at JP Morgan is little changed over the last week despite some sobering news out of the labor department last Friday. The bad news on jobs is no longer a surprise to investors and history has ... (more) JP MORGAN: THE JOBLESS RECOVERY WON’T BE SO BAD
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 13 hours ago
Photographing Phantom Invisible Bond Vigilantes
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Robert Waldmann A specter is haunting Paul Krugman -- it is the specter of apparently sophisticated forecasters who predict a huge spike in US long term bond rates in the near future. He notes that most investors can't believe this or rates would already be high. He also notes that some of those ... (more) Photographing Phantom Invisible Bond Vigilantes

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How Do We Predict Inflation?
angrybear.blogspot.com - 21 hours ago
How Do We Predict Inflation?
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Ken Houghton notes that playing with data is dangerous. Predicting the future tends to be easy. There are several ways to do it. First, you can predict that everything will grow as it did this year—or last year, or the mean of the past x years. Or you can predict that it will be great if a ... (more) How Do We Predict Inflation?
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feedproxy.google.com - 32 hours ago
Comment woes.
— feedproxy.google.com — Js-kit has complete comments embedded in the post, at the bottom of each post after clicking on the title of the post you want to read. There is a disconnect with the blue comment link at the top of the post (blogger comment format) so for posts use the link bottom left of that post. Very ... (more) Comment woes.
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 38 hours ago
Open thread Nove.21, 2009 (no GW)
— angrybear.blogspot.com — (more) Open thread Nove.21, 2009 (no GW)
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 43 hours ago
The Phantom Menace
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Robert Waldmann The one by Paul Krugman is a must read. what I hear is that officials don’t trust the demand for long-term government debt, because they see it as driven by a “carry trade”: financial players borrowing cheap money short-term, and using it to buy long-term bonds. [skip] the ... (more) The Phantom Menace

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 44 hours ago
Quantitative Easing
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Robert Waldmann Can the Fed do any more to stimulate the economy ? The question is back. The answer is only by making credible promises about the fairly distant future. My view is that this means no. I review the issue after the jump. Long ago Paul Krugman proposed that the Bank of Japan ... (more) Quantitative Easing

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I Blame This on the NHL
angrybear.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
I Blame This on the NHL
— angrybear.blogspot.com — With all the talk of "Detroit," you would think that Michigan would have lost the most employees, as a percentage of same, on the year. After all, the scariest graph of the U.S. MSAs isn't scary for nothing. But the Regional and State Employment data is out for October (h/t CR ), and there's a ... (more) I Blame This on the NHL

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
Open thread Nov. 20, 2009 (with GW)
— angrybear.blogspot.com — (more) Open thread Nov. 20, 2009 (with GW)
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
Teaching that Contracts Should Be Broken is Rewarding
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Congratulations to Andrew Samwick of Capital Gains and Games for being named Professor of the Year in New Hampshire . (more) Teaching that Contracts Should Be Broken is Rewarding
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Agribusiness, Food, Vegetarianism----and Taxes
— angrybear.blogspot.com — [cross-posted on ataxingmatter --see posting there for additional comments] As some of you may know, I am one of the many people who eat a vegetarian diet. I don't eat cows, pigs, fish, whales, sharks, chicken, turkey, sheep, wild game, tame game... As I sometimes say when people ask me about ... (more) Agribusiness, Food, Vegetarianism----and Taxes
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Heath Care Reform-- Looking at the Glass Half-Full
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Rdan (Run 75441...h/t) Maggie Mahar writes an essay that is now cross posted at Angry Bear with the author's permission: Health Beat, a Project of the Century Foundation; November 4, 2009 Heath Care Reform-- Looking at the Glass Half-Full What Has Been Accomplished; What Still Must ... (more) Heath Care Reform-- Looking at the Glass Half-Full

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Why is this so difficult to understand?
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Suppose I make my monthly budget, and assume I'm going to spend $600 for food. At the end of the month, I discover that I only spent $520. I expected to take $80 out of savings that I now do not have to. My bank account is now $80 higher than I expected it to be at the end of the month. Is this ... (more) Why is this so difficult to understand?

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feedproxy.google.com - 3 days ago
Top down or bottom up models....useful thoughts
— feedproxy.google.com — Rdan Hat tip to Economist's View for the post from Top-down versus bottom-up macroeconomics, by Paul De Grauwe, Commentary, Vox EU for starting an interesting conversation on macro that I think is very relevant to the public story we tell ourselves about how our economy works. One key point ... (more) Top down or bottom up models....useful thoughts
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Open Thread on Senate Health Care Bill
— angrybear.blogspot.com — by Bruce Webb I am still working out the new formatting and rather than hog all the page space here I'll just put up some links to the bill, the CBO Score, plus some extended discussion with extracted Tables at my site. Senate Merged Health Care Bill (2.5MB PDF) CBO Score Discussion at the ... (more) Open Thread on Senate Health Care Bill

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Today is International Toilet Day
— angrybear.blogspot.com — And, if I were a better person, you would be reading my interview with David Kurla, CEO of IkoToilet/Ecotact in this space. But I'm not, so go to his website , especially the links for school , urban , and slum toilet provisions, and then see this John Sauer piece at the Huffington Post , and ... (more) Today is International Toilet Day

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
Template woes
— angrybear.blogspot.com — My apologies for the inconvenience of changing the template. Even feed links were changed about in the transfer. Since the posts are intact, my first priority is fixing comments with js kit (and blogger comments for new). Dan (more) Template woes

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
Mid week open thread Nov. 18, 2009
— angrybear.blogspot.com — (more) Mid week open thread Nov. 18, 2009
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angrybear.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
The Mythology of the Future Job Market
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Rdan Martin Ford continues his thoughts on: The Mythology of the Future Job Market Angry Bear recently picked up an article by Michael Lind at Salon on the jobs of tomorrow . The story notes that advancing job automation technology is going to be the primary force that will shape the ... (more) The Mythology of the Future Job Market
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Industrial Production
angrybear.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
Industrial Production
— angrybear.blogspot.com — By Spencer Industrial production only increased 0.1% in October, from a previosly estimated 98.5 to 98.6. But I suspect this number was biased downward and will be revised higher. As the chart shows, this changes the impression the previous reports had given that this was a normal to strong ... (more) Industrial Production
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