EconWatch.com > December 31, 2006
Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? (Wall Street Journal Edition)
[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] RGE - Malpass on the US trade deficit...: Tis the season to be compassionate. And I guess that also applies to those who are allowed to grace the Wall Street Journal’s oped page....
Exchange Rate Clubs and the Monetary Approach
[Economist's View] There is a longcomment by Ronald McKinnon on the link between exchange rates and international adjustment at Martin Wolf's blog at the Financial Times. This is a shortened version, just a part of the section at the end -- there's quite a bit more at the (open) link given above:
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December 31, 2006
Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? (Wall Street Journal Edition)
[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] RGE - Malpass on the US trade deficit...: Tis the season to be compassionate. And I guess that also applies to those who are allowed to grace the Wall Street Journal’s oped page....
Posted at 05:57 AM
Exchange Rate Clubs and the Monetary Approach
[Economist's View] There is a longcomment by Ronald McKinnon on the link between exchange rates and international adjustment at Martin Wolf's blog at the Financial Times. This is a shortened version, just a part of the section at the end -- there's quite a bit more at the (open) link given above:
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December 29, 2006
World's biggest ecstasy dealer nabbed in Rio
[Wake Up From Your Slumber | The Truth Will Set You Free] Poland says genocide is genocide whether a Jew or a Nazi committed it, while many Israelis see rough justice in the 1500 German deaths for which Mr Morel is alleged to be responsible.
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Competition for American Producers from High-Cost First-World Labor
[Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] the oddity was that Toyota and/or the Toyoda family owned most of the parts suppliers, so what was the point of shoving the inventory overhead back out of the plant and down the road? My thought was, and is, that the thing that mattered was the simple paying of attention to everything that this sort of "formal" inventory asceticism forces on everyone in the joint.
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December 27, 2006
Econlog: Anti-Foreign Car Guys to Japan: Thanks!, by Bryan Caplan
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Anti-Foreign Car Guys to Japan: Thanks!
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December 25, 2006
That we are here, is frightening!
[Mover Mike -] The U.S. Mint makes all coinage for this country and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing prints Federal Reserve Notes, U.S. passports, Treasury securities and other security documents. With these two institutions under the direct operational control of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve has even greater control over the entire U.S. monetary system.
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Is there a law that requires Americans to pay direct unapportioned tax?
[at-Largely by Larisa Alexandrovna] Aaron Russo tried to get an answer by making this documentary and it is chilling. So I called around and asked various tax attorneys if they could please cite the law, because I really still thought it was possible there may be one.
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December 23, 2006
Brad Delong: Ben Bernanke Says the Obvious
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Ben Bernanke Says the Obvious
[Grasping Reality with Every Limb: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] Why couldn't it be that the Chinese leadership wants the nation they control to create and produce the goods and services of the 21st century? Perhaps they believe this is where true power lies in the community of nations and have adopted a type of mercantilist strategy to accomplish their goals.
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December 21, 2006
"The Box That Changed the World," Project Syndicate, September 2006
[Brad DeLong] It, and what it carries, can be transported in a month anywhere in the world where there are suitable harbors, railways, locomotives, flatcars, truck tractors, diesel fuel, and roads. It is the modern cargo container, and it is able to move non-fragile, non-perishable goods from any modern factory with a loading dock to any modern warehouse anywhere in the world for about 1% of retail value.
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December 19, 2006
Cato At Liberty: Antidumping Reformers Rejoice
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DeLong (2006), "Aftathoughts on NAFTA"
[Grasping Reality with Every Limb: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal] Bradford DeLong (2006), "Aftathoughts on NAFTA" (U.C. Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies) http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Publications/newsletters/Fall2006/CLASFall2006-DeLong.pdf
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December 17, 2006
The Battle for Ground Zero, Part 199
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“Too Many Opportunities to List:” Human Rights at HLS
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December 15, 2006
The Battle for Ground Zero, Part 198
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Cato At Liberty: Signs of Sanity at the International Trade Commission
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December 13, 2006
Manufacturing Comeback?
[Economist's View] The Financial Times says reports of the death of manufacturing in developed countries are greatly exaggerated:
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October Trade Deficit drops 8.4%
[ A Stern Glance] The U.S. international trade deficit in October in goods and services in October 2006 declined 8.4%, to -$58.9 billion. Exports were $123.6 billion, up 0.2%, and imports were $182.5 billion, down -2.7%.
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December 09, 2006
Kerry on “Kudlow & Company” Last Night
[The Democratic Daily ] KERRY: …to start with, and I think a lot of smart people, like Warren Buffett and others have said to me, you know, `I didn’t ask for that reduction, I don’t need that reduction, and, in fact, I’d be much happier if our economy were working more effectively and we could lower the cost of health care, provide greater incentives for growth in other sectors, and I’ll make a lot more money.’ So says Warren Buffet.
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Protectionism's Winners and Losers
[Economist's View] The perils of protectionism, The Economist: Peter Mandelson is an avowed trade liberal. So it is somewhat embarrassing that as the European Union's Commissioner for Trade, he has presided over the imposition of punitive duties on a wave of Asian imports.
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December 07, 2006
Economists View: Nice Work If You Can Get It
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International Gift Fairs
[Fair Trade Sports] The event - organized by Casey Romanick and Jason Simmons from the South Jersey Fair Trade Alliance - was a community-wide event to educate area residents about Fair Trade and alternative gift giving.
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December 05, 2006
The Long Run Is Knocking at the Door...
[Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: Fair and Balanced Almost Every Day] Actually WE had been expecting this for nine years. I don't know the event that led to the expectation of a falling dollar six years ago, but the dollar first clearly reached an unsustainable level nine years ago.
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Nice Work If You Can Get It
[Economist's View] Brad DeLong reports: A +$400 Billion Week: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas guesses that last week the U.S.'s net foreign asset position improved by $400 billion. Americans' assets overseas, you see, are primarily denominated in local currencies or are real assets.
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December 03, 2006
Taldia and Press Release News Network (PRNN) Announce Service Agreement
[PRNN National Press Releases] Since 2005, Taldia has been converting daily text content into audible material using professional voiceover talent. Taldia is a technology partner of the Associated Press (AP), and has agreements with several newspaper publications to generate professional audio from their written content.
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The GOP's Affection for Protection
[Economist's View] Ever since the Democrats took control of congress, there has been an attempt to drive a wedge between the populist and free-trade factions within the party. Daniel Gross notes that the wedge is not confined to Democrats, the "Grand Old Protectionists" have a history of erecting tariffs and other trade barriers without any help from Democrats: Grand Old Protectionists, by Daniel Gross, Commentary, Washington Post: Since the midterm elections, concerned internationalists have fretted that the incoming Democratic Congress will curtail the nation's free-trade policies.
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