Category Archive

Shiller

Roubini on the Shadow Banking System

 ”a bank-like run on hedge funds is highly possible”

Dodd Plan

Can the Paulson juggernaut be stopped? I’m starting to think yes. Paulson displayed a lot of arrogance here — he basically marched in and said Daddy knows best, don’t worry your pretty little heads about the details.

—Krugman

Obama Healthcare Plan

America will need a $1,000bn bail-out

Money Market Fund Breaks the Buck

Finally

Always good

Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship

“Ironically, my research suggests that one of the chief values of print library research is its poor indexing. Poor indexing—indexing by titles and authors, primarily within journals—likely had the unintended consequence of actually helping the integration of science and scholarship. By drawing researchers into a wider array of articles, print browsing and perusal may have facilitated broader comparisons and scholarship. “

Some Bartels here