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Koch's Coke
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...in Detroit
Here is striking photo of a pile of by-product of processing Canadian tar sands oil, from NY Times:
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The United States of Conspiracy
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click for complete infographic The editors at Best Psychology Degrees
decided to research the topic of: The United States of Conspiracy 12 of the
weirder t...
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The President's Budget Numbers Don't Add Up, Says the CBO
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[image: Reason 24/7]Everybody loves a good tall tale, right? Well ...
Except for the folks at the Congressional Budget Office. In pure,
killjoyish fashi...
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Link exchange
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The best of the rest of the economics web
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STTG Market Recap May 20, 2013
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Welcome back to a new week as we enter the latter third of May. Remember
the old adage "Sell in May and go away?". If only the world were so simple;
you'd ...
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STTG Market Recap May 20, 2013
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Welcome back to a new week as we enter the latter third of May. Remember
the old adage "Sell in May and go away?". If only the world were so simple;
you'd ...
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Namedropping: Five Recent Listings Try to Cash in on Great Gatsby Fever
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Despite its dismal reviews, the new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby has already raked in more than $130M in box office sal...
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Discussion on Inequality and Economic Growth
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From 6:30 to 8:00 PM ET, the will be a live stream of professors Tony
Atkinson and Paul Krugman discussing inequality and growth at CUNY. The
dialogue will...
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More Bad News for Microfinance
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| Peter Klein | Microfinance and microenterprise have been touted as a new
model for economic development, a way to encourage investment, innovation,
and b...
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Obamacare Premiums 47% Higher But Deductibles 27% Lower Than Grandfathered
Health Plans; Obamacare Lies
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Here's the question of the day: If you have a choice (and you many not for
long because companies are abandoning grandfathered plans) Should you skip
Obama...
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Liveblogging World War II: May 20, 1943
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CBI Roundup: >BAD NEWS FOR JAPS: Fighter pilots of the 14th Air Force have been erasing Jap planes out of the skies with regularity during the past three wee...
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May 20th Blogger Sentiment Poll
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Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (N) The Aleph Blog (-)
Biiwii (-) BullBear Trading (+) Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend
Growth...
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Chicago Fed: Slower Slow Growth In April… Again
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The US economy slowed in April for the second time in as many months, “led by declines in production-related indicators, according to today’s release of the ...
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Understaffed, overworked, underfunded
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The Cincinnati IRS office is understaffed, overworked and underfunded. So says this in the NY Times.
I suppose every agency of government likes to make such...
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The World Is A Strange Place Now
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Some housing bubble news from around the world. The Telegraph, “Standard
and Poor’s said the housing slump is deepening across large swathes of the
eurozon...
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Links 5/20/13
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Convergence of Miss Korea faces
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After seeing a Reddit post on the convergence of Miss Korea faces,
supposedly due to high rates of plastic surgery, …
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The Internet, Surveillance Cameras, and Misyse of big Data-Becker Surveillance cameras, tax reporting, Internet-based data, emails, mobile phone records and ...
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Mark 400, mark 3000: What’s the difference?
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For all the talk about scandals in Washington, the news that caught my eye
was the differing treatment accorded the latest benchmark in the global
warming ...
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Weighing the Week Ahead: Are You Ready for Some Fedspeak?
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Ready or not, we should expect a week dominated by an even greater focus on Fed policy. There are four reasons: The economic data calendar is very light; Ear...
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What’s the Best Way to Hire Employees?
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New research by Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, and Michael Gene Housman looks at the performance of employees hired as a result of a referra...
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Open House Review: 37 Canopy
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Quail Hill Surprise Package Condo
37 Canopy $999,888
Driving up Knollcrest in Quail Hill, I noticed several othe...
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"Cyborg Finance" paper
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Little pre-abstract primer for this paper:
*Detective Del Spooner*: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams,
but not you, you are just a machine. A...
2 weeks ago
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Homeownership Drops as Housing Market Recovers
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Understanding the real estate industry is always a challenge, but the
recovery that we have been talking about recently has not been kind to
homeowners. In...
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Update and server move
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HousingDoom is in the process of being moved to a new server and updated.
During this time, there may be some periodic issues. Warnings about
certificate...
5 weeks ago
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Life Is More Interesting than Fiction, *Mr. Selfridge* Edition
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The TV show Mr. Selfridge, discussed in my most recent Bloomberg View
column, is very loosely based on the biography Shopping, Seduction & Mr.
Selfridge by...
1 month ago
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Greatest Country in the World?
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In What Ways America Isn't the greatest country in the world: 1) 7th in
literacy 2) 27th in math 3) 22nd in science 4) 49th life expectancy 5)
178th in inf...
2 months ago
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Our 500,000th Twitter Follower
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Yesterday we passed 500,000 in Twitter followers. Thank you! The person who
put us over the top was *Dan Kreitz* (@dankreitz). We'll send some Freakonomic...
3 months ago
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Cautious Moves on Foreclosures Haunting Obama
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Cautious Moves on Foreclosures Haunting Obama By Binyamin Appelbaum, The
New York Times, August 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — After inheriting the worst
economic d...
9 months ago
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Turning the Games into Gold
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Everyone will have fun and games except the British taxpayer
10 months ago
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Mises Daily: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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“Will the Latest Plan ‘Fix’ the Eurozone?” by Frank Shostak Deleveraging is
necessary to clean up the system and lay the foundations for solid economic
exp...
1 year ago
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Five years too late. Rage.
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Arrest Angelo Mozillo.
Arrest Michael Perry.
Tax the 1%.
Neutralize Citizens United.
Expose the GOP and their masters.
Rage.
Rage.
Rage.
Rage*
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New real estate app from O.C. Register
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People in the market for local real estate can get some help in their
search for housing with a new free iPhone app for real estate listings from
The Orang...
1 year ago
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The Altos Research Real-Time Housing Market Update for September 2011
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Altos Research has published their September 2011 housing report. Quote: "Since a peak in early July, we've seen week over week cooling of the housing mar...
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Weekend Funnies - 4 Sept 11
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Click any image to enlarge - enjoy!
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UW Settles Public Records Act Case Over Baby Einstein Study
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The Seattle Times reports that the UW settled a Public Records Act case
seeking access to the UW data used to call into question the effectiveness
of the B...
1 year ago
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Real Estate Investors Invest In Profitable Oil Real Estate Niche
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Domestic Development Company announces a compelling real estate investment
product that allows real estate investors to invest in oil, while yielding
the ...
1 year ago
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Herding, Risk Appetite & Complacency Somewhat "Elevated".......
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Just in time after the fastest 100 percent run of the S&P 500 ever....From
a risk/reward standpoint this should at least raise some
eyebrows......Especiall...
2 years ago
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The revolutionary poor
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*Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. *
Aristotle
2 years ago
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On the Importance of Title Insurance
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As part of the nationwide shock and concern over failures in the
foreclosure process, last weekend's New York Times contained an Article on
the imporantanc...
2 years ago
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The Future of Education
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Gary North has written a very fascinating article about the future of
education. You can read it here. The Khan Academy referred to is brilliant!
These con...
2 years ago
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South OC recent sales report
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South OC properties are changing hands every day. Here are some samples of
houses that have closed in the past week:
27916 Muirfield #183, Mission Viejo 92...
3 years ago
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Snow Storm Has Mid-Atlantic Residents Scrambling For Necessities
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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin
(American statesman, scientists, philosopher, printer, writer, and
inventor. 1706-17...
3 years ago
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Commercial real estate
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For those of you who have not seen it, I suggest checking out
http://realestaterisk.blogspot.com.
5 years ago