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by jswinghammer 17y ago
They will remain lower than what the market price for interest would be but I don't think the Fed can keep rates too low for too long. We're in the midst of a major capital shortage in the world right now. Eventually someone is going to wan
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Most of it did come from outside of CA but a decent amount of it did come from CA. I'm not saying this is a great idea under normal circumstances-just these circumstances.
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Under normal circumstances I'd be applauding the banks for refusing these IOUs but the banks took bailout money and they do owe something to the people of California morally if not legally. People in California helped bail them out and if t
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The Austrian theory of the business cycle explains why these bubbles occur. It states that when there is inflation via credit expansion that the sectors that attract that increased credit are in the higher orders or production that are more
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I think you could summarize this article as "Gamer dislikes griefers, thinks gaming is serious business". It sounds like it was partially on the game designers to limit this griefing activity and make this character able to be killed. The p
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by jswinghammer 17y ago
The same thing happened to Long-Term Capital Management. You can read up on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Term_Capital_Management They were bailed out when they failed too so that set the precedent for the bailouts we had rec
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I'll never understand why those who argue that there's such a serious problem with climate change also seem to not want to debate the topic much. If this is just a matter of science then shouldn't the facts speak loudly enough that those wh
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I don't have a problem with the science exactly but rather the predictions that have been made from that science. Predicting the future is very difficult and I'd really like to see more discussion of that when this issue comes up.
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If you say something and claim it to be factual it's still up to me to believe you or not. I think belief has a lot to do with it.
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Part of the problem is that everyone is so certain particularly on the side that man-made global warming is real and a serious threat. This probably the biggest cause I have for doubting it. The philosophy of science is very interesting to
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It's weird because I have met very, very few IT workers who aren't happy with their jobs. Maybe they'd rather be working for themselves or would change something about the process that's used but most people I know fundamentally love the wo
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Agreed. I don't see where this guy even gets off criticizing her. I'd wager that she is there regularly helping out which is better than most people. If you don't ever say something even a little stupid then maybe you can get off saying som
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I realize there is a difference but it seems like the people promising homeowners riches for just living in their house are no better than any scammer promising riches later. I suggested the comparison just to point out that this is a real
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I can't help but believe that in that list of investors and execs that someone decided to call an attorney to sort that out. I think the rules for real estate investment are different than being equity in a corporation. I mean if timeshares
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If you read "The Black Swan" this topic is discussed at some length. I believe that the consensus out there is that no one wants to read about failure. It seems extremely interesting to me but apparently no one wants to read about it.
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I love that they can be successful if unemployment rises or falls.
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I believe that Nobel's family is quite opposed to this-they believe that the prize's relationship to the Nobel prize is an attempt to elevate economics up to the level of physics or chemistry.
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I'm not sure what this would actually accomplish. I've been seeing articles lately where bullies are just ignored by schools even when repeatedly reported by parents. It seems like universal advice on this topic is unreasonable to begin wit
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This is a very interesting article. I've seen a few families I know push kids into college who were clearly better suited for blue collar work. That just frustrates the kids and the parents who don't understand why their kid just doesn't fi
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by jswinghammer 17y ago
These are pretty much the standard arguments for our current monetary system. I think this video is a bit out there but for different reasons that Krugman might suggest. What Krugman fails to realize is that the divide between rich and poor