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Thursday, 9 October 2008

Interesting blog bits

  1. The Economic Logician on Why is prostitution so well paid?
  2. Walter E. Williams on Lessons From the Bailout
  3. Stephen J. Dubner reviews The Price of Everything a novel by the economist Russ Roberts.
  4. Steven D. Levitt on Martin Feldstein on the Financial Crisis.
  5. The Visible hand in economics asks Government investment: Saviour or Villain?
  6. Dick Langlois on Monetary Policy and the Housing Crisis.
  7. Veronique de Rugy and Philippe Lacoude on Building a Better Bailout: How Washington could have helped the market at no cost to taxpayers. And what it should do if it's hell-bent on spending $700 billion
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