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Greece: Er, do you think we could get an extension on those austerity benchmarks?
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Virginia back in the black for the third year running
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Virginia back in the black for the third year running
It's just how we do. Ah, Virginia — drink it in, it always goes down smooth. I’m never … [Read more...]
Submit Paper on The Debt Crisis for the AALS by August 31
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Overspending in India
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Mandelman made $454,000 in 1 year as student loan debt collector?
No, it’s not me. And shame on you for thinking that even for a moment. I’m Martin … [Read more...]
Spain scuttles clean-energy subsidies; promptly watches the industry go down like a sinking ship
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Rubio to Geithner: The real crisis, is not admitting there’s a crisis
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Deutsche Bank Earnings Fall 34%, Worse Than Expected
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We know they’re not evil, because they’re simply not smart enough to be evil.
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Introducing 30 MINUTES OF TALKING – A Mandelman Matters Podcast
OF TALKING A Mandelman Matters Podcast Introducing a new Mandelman Matters Podcast… 30 … [Read more...]
The fallacy of subsidized parity in energy pricing
Solardammerung, continued. Yesterday, the Washington Post told the sad tale of Germany and the rest … [Read more...]
Europe at the Brink – A WSJ Documentary
In this documentary, Wall Street Journal editors and reporters examine the origins of Europe’s … [Read more...]
Conference on the Debt Crisis in the Eurozone
If you happen to be in Reykjavik or thereabouts in early October--or scouting the web for papers … [Read more...]
Defies Credulity Eupdate
Bad news: Eupdate is back. The last big fix to the European debt crisis, quietly unraveling since … [Read more...]
Video: Maxine Waters says the Tea Party can go straight to hell
Wow. Just wow. Our lovely liberal legislators just can’t seem to stop. Rep. Maxine Waters … [Read more...]
Can we grow our way out of our debt crisis?
In part. In order to get the US out of the multigenerational hole we have dug for ourselves, we have … [Read more...]
Video: Marco Rubio vs. John Kerry on the debt crisis
"Compromise without solutions is a waste of time." A long clip but worth every minute. Trust me. … [Read more...]
Report: Lawmakers make 3.4 times what the average working American earns
Shared sacrifice, indeed. For all their hard work to attempt to solve the debt crisis, members of … [Read more...]
Hensarling: New Boehner bill still represents GOP willingness to compromise
What's so extreme about a balanced budget amendment? The new Boehner bill, which looks far more … [Read more...]
Houses of God increasingly face foreclosure
Supercheap, few-questions-asked loans were a temptation even churches could not resist, but now they … [Read more...]