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EconWatch.com > January 31, 2009

Top Thinkers on the Global Economy: Your Daily Briefing - The ...

[The Washington Note] Why has the Obama administration been silent about one of the key promises during the campaign -- the promise of guaranteed health care for all Americans?

Economy shrinks at 3.8: It'll be interesting to see the Press ...

[Crooks and Liars] Greenberg says an incumbent's support for the economic plan appears to make voters more likely to reelect the lawmaker -- particularly good news for the 20 or so Democrats who in November captured districts that former President Bush carried in 2004. He said one-third of Republicans and two-thirds of independents are leaning with Obama's general goals on the recovery.

Posted at 05:03 PM

January 31, 2009

Top Thinkers on the Global Economy: Your Daily Briefing - The ...

[The Washington Note] Why has the Obama administration been silent about one of the key promises during the campaign -- the promise of guaranteed health care for all Americans?

Posted at 05:04 PM

Economy shrinks at 3.8: It'll be interesting to see the Press ...

Posted at 05:03 PM

January 30, 2009

Global Voices Online » Greece: Economy and Protests

[Untitled] Post-Thumbnail. No Thumbnail. BBC's Mark Mardell writes about the state of the Greek economy and the farmers' protests. Posted by Veronica Khokhlova · Print version. Share This ...

Posted at 02:34 PM

Gates Discusses Economy’s Impact on Foundation - DealBook Blog ...

[Untitled] Buffett famously promised to give a large share of his fortune to the Gates Foundation in 2006, vastly increasing the size of what was already one of the world’s largest private charities. As of October, the Gates foundation held $35.1 billion in assets.

Posted at 02:33 PM

January 28, 2009

Obama's Fuel Economy Follies: Politicians want you to pay more ...

[Reason Magazine - Topics > Government Spending] Now, California and 13 other states, representing about 50 percent of the U.S. automobile market, want to force carmakers to meet the 35.7 mpg standard by 2016, rising to 42.5 mpg in 2020. Proponents argue that the higher mileage standard is needed to both cut the emissions of greenhouse gases that are contributing to man-made global warming and to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Fed Considers Other Tools to Fix Economy - Presidential Politics ...

[FOXNews.com] Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues resumed their two-day meeting Wednesday morning, and at its conclusion this afternoon they are all but certain to leave a key interest rate at a record low to provide relief.

Posted at 07:03 PM

January 27, 2009

Obama Seeks Republican Input On Economy - First 100 Days of ...

[FOXNews.com] President makes his first trip to Capitol Hill since his swearing-in last week for two private afternoon sessions Tuesday with House and Senate Republicans.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 24, 2009

GOP campaign: 'U.S. economy robust': The Swamp

[The Swamp] Among the issues enumerated at the home-page of the National Republican Congressional Commitee are the economy and job-creation.

Posted at 05:04 PM

Despite poor economy, Super Bowl won’t lose luster - - NBCSports.com

[NBCSports.com: Sports] America’s bacchanalian bash in honor of football will still roll for the TV cameras with all its over-the-top glitz. Yet there are signs ”” fewer and smaller parties, maybe not quite so many reporters and traveling fans ”” that the shine will be a little less bright this year.

Posted at 05:03 PM

January 23, 2009

Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » First draft: Now back to the ...

[Front Row Washington] President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to talk about the economy. They will also hold a budget meeting and Obama will meet with Treasury Secretary-designate .

Posted at 02:35 PM

Pew Research Center: On Obama's Desk: Economy, Jobs Trump All ...

[Untitled] The large decline in the percentage of Americans citing the environment is seen across the political spectrum, but Republicans (20%) remain far less likely than Democrats (54%) or independents (41%) to say that protecting the environment should be a top priority for the president and Congress. The only policy that ranks lower than protecting the environment among Republicans is dealing with global warming (16%).

Posted at 02:34 PM

January 21, 2009

Marketplace: Obama speech: Optimism and economy

[Untitled] Obama speech: Optimism and economy : President Barack Obama's inauguration speech touched on hope for the future and the economic troubles we face. Kai Ryssdal looks at what our new president had to say.

Posted at 07:03 PM

As Goes Google So Goes The Economy? - Search Marketing News Blog ...

[Untitled] Basically stating "Investors searching Google's fourth-quarter earnings may see clues about the state of the Internet ad business, the economy and the future of the company itself."

Posted at 07:02 PM

January 20, 2009

24/7 Wall St.: The Economy: A Portrait Of The 2012 Inauguration

[Untitled] Insightful Analysis and Commentary for US and Global Equity Investors.

Posted at 07:08 PM

Get hired even in a tough economy | Wichita News - Kansas News ...

[Untitled] "People have to be more aware of where they fit, where they are going (career-wise) and the needs of the employer. (Hiring managers) have a job to fill and they have a ton of people standing in line for that job."

Posted at 07:07 PM

January 17, 2009

dailywireless.org » Meraki Teams with One Economy

[Untitled] DailyWireless.org has been covering wireless developments, especially municipal wireless and WiMAX for over 5 years with nearly 7000 in-depth articles archived. We also cover developments in Bluetooth, cellular, satphones and .

Posted at 05:04 PM

Media Matters - Media Matters: Coverage of economy repeats Iraq ...

[Untitled] Early on in the program, Alice Rivlin, a director of the Office of Management and Budget under Clinton, did note that reducing overall health-care costs is one way to address Medicare spending -- but her CNN hosts all but ignored her. Though CNN devoted two hours to the program, they never explored how we might reduce health-care costs -- and that was the closest they came to offering an actual solution.

Posted at 05:02 PM

January 16, 2009

What about the economy? | Jacksonville.com

[Untitled] Afterward, during a conference call with Jacksonville reporters, Crenshaw said he thinks his colleagues want an "efficient" stimulus package that doesn't include any earmarks. No project should receive stimulus money unless it has widespread support, Crenshaw said.

Posted at 02:34 PM

EdCone.com: Underground economy

[Untitled] TrackBack. TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341cc33e53ef010536d57f7a970c. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Underground economy: ...

Posted at 02:33 PM

January 14, 2009

Worldchanging: Saving the Economy, One Furnace at a Time

[Worldchanging] In my personal economy, it meant I’ll save more than a third of my yearly gas bill and a commensurate amount of my CO2 emissions. My old furnace was a thirteen-year-old 70% efficient model that was down to barely 60% because single-cycle furnaces lose 1% a year as their burners corrode and heat exchangers get less efficient.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Business: New Ways to Rethink the Economy | Newsweek Business ...

[Newsweek Top News] Author Matt Miller on why our misconceptions about the economy might prolong the recession.

Posted at 07:03 PM

January 13, 2009

China’s Food Economy Benefits Small, Poor Farmers ~ Tech News Watch

[Lockergnome Blog Network] During this same time period, modern supply chains have also emerged. A new study in the Review of Agricultural Economics reveals that the recent changes in China’s food economy have contributed to an improvement in poverty reduction and betterment of small farmers.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Downing Street Says » Economy

[Downing Street Says] Asked about the green jobs and new industries for the future that the Prime Minister talked about in his speech this morning, and did he accept that this was a shift in policy towards greater industrial policy, the PMS replied that he did not accept that this was a shift in policy. The Prime Minister had been talking about the potential for environmental technologies and the move to a low carbon economy as a source of job creation, and this was something that he had been talking about and pushing for several years.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 10, 2009

t r u t h o u t | Tools for a New Economy

[Untitled] Policymakers should first - either within a democratized Federal Reserve or in a broader dialogue - determine which sectors of the economy get preferential access to credit. In my view, we should encourage domestic investments in which risks are relatively well understood, and, correspondingly, discourage speculative investments where risks are relatively opaque.

Posted at 05:03 PM

Obama Can Pump Trillions in the Economy, But No One Knows If It ...

[Untitled] In the seventy years since the Depression loosened its grip on America, economists and historians have argued over whether or not Keynes-Hansen deficit spending, or pump-priming, as it was called, succeeded. The jury is still out on that one, but the Keynes-Hansen approach has been dusted off and even the stiffest opponents of deficit spending have abandoned the closely held principles of their professional lifetimes.

Posted at 05:02 PM

January 09, 2009

Economy Vs. The NFL | Oliver Willis

[Oliver Willis] Cuts included at least one team vice president and members of the legal, marketing, information technology, public relations, cheerleading, game-day operations and Redskins Television staffs, according to several of the outgoing employees. Two members of the football operations staff were let go, sources said.

Posted at 02:35 PM

Has Our Economy Become Dependant On Bubbles? | Techdirt

[Techdirt] I think an energy bubble would probably be the most beneficial, preferably one that focused on alternative energy sources. If we come up with new processes for energy production, not only do we help to secure our own energy independence, we can export the technology to other nations and begin to collect revenues based on energy as opposed to hemorrhaging money to oil producing countries as we do now.

Posted at 02:33 PM

January 07, 2009

Economy: FDIC Sells IndyMac At a Loss | Newsweek Voices - Daniel ...

[Newsweek Top News] The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon””and for too little.

Posted at 07:05 PM

Round 2 of propping up the economy - Eamon Javers and Victoria ...

[Politico Top Stories] With a new Congress, Wall Street Politico offers a rundown on three of the biggest economic issues still ahead.

Posted at 07:04 PM

January 06, 2009

Economy: Will Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? | Newsweek Voices ...

[Newsweek Top News] If government doesn't prod the economy, what will? The danger is that pessimism and shrinking spending would feed on each other, pushing output down and unemployment up.

Posted at 07:04 PM

Obama tackles economy, security : Home: The Buffalo News

[The Buffalo News: Home] President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-Inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring that the national economy was “bad and getting worse” and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion.

Posted at 07:03 PM

January 03, 2009

Tax cuts to stimulate economy eyed - Peterborough Examiner ...

[Peterborough Examiner] Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said yesterday he's reviewing options for putting more money in people's pockets through tax cuts as part of a multi-billion dollar stimulus package that will include infrastructure spending and help for laid-off workers.

Posted at 05:04 PM

RealClearPolitics - Articles - GOP Must Confront Obama on the Economy

[RealClearPolitics - Articles] Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is absolutely right to warn against Obama's gigantic stimulus-spending package. McConnell says it "will be the largest spending bill in the history of our country at a time when our national debt is already the largest in history." As a result, he says the bill "will require tough scrutiny and oversight."

Posted at 05:03 PM

January 02, 2009

GMANews.TV - Singapore economy shrinks 12.5 percent - Business ...

[GMA News.tv] SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy contracted for a third consecutive quarter in the October-December period as a global slump hurt demand for the city-state's exports.

Posted at 02:40 PM

Economy 2008 | Salon Technology

[Salon] As a consequence, the self-satisfaction bequeathed to Americans by their victory in the Cold War and their unchallenged status as superpower has been irretrievably punctured and replaced by fear. The world seems far more fragile than it did a year ago.

Posted at 02:39 PM

EconWatch.com > January 31, 2009

Top Thinkers on the Global Economy: Your Daily Briefing - The ...

Economy shrinks at 3.8: It'll be interesting to see the Press ...

January 31, 2009

Top Thinkers on the Global Economy: Your Daily Briefing - The ...

Economy shrinks at 3.8: It'll be interesting to see the Press ...

January 30, 2009

Global Voices Online » Greece: Economy and Protests

Gates Discusses Economy’s Impact on Foundation - DealBook Blog ...

January 28, 2009

Obama's Fuel Economy Follies: Politicians want you to pay more ...

Fed Considers Other Tools to Fix Economy - Presidential Politics ...

January 27, 2009

Obama Seeks Republican Input On Economy - First 100 Days of ...

January 24, 2009

GOP campaign: 'U.S. economy robust': The Swamp

Despite poor economy, Super Bowl won’t lose luster - - NBCSports.com

January 23, 2009

Front Row Washington » Blog Archive » First draft: Now back to the ...

Pew Research Center: On Obama's Desk: Economy, Jobs Trump All ...

January 21, 2009

Marketplace: Obama speech: Optimism and economy

As Goes Google So Goes The Economy? - Search Marketing News Blog ...

January 20, 2009

24/7 Wall St.: The Economy: A Portrait Of The 2012 Inauguration

Get hired even in a tough economy | Wichita News - Kansas News ...

January 17, 2009

dailywireless.org » Meraki Teams with One Economy

Media Matters - Media Matters: Coverage of economy repeats Iraq ...

January 16, 2009

What about the economy? | Jacksonville.com

EdCone.com: Underground economy

January 14, 2009

Worldchanging: Saving the Economy, One Furnace at a Time

Business: New Ways to Rethink the Economy | Newsweek Business ...

January 13, 2009

China’s Food Economy Benefits Small, Poor Farmers ~ Tech News Watch

Downing Street Says » Economy

January 10, 2009

t r u t h o u t | Tools for a New Economy

Obama Can Pump Trillions in the Economy, But No One Knows If It ...

January 09, 2009

Economy Vs. The NFL | Oliver Willis

Has Our Economy Become Dependant On Bubbles? | Techdirt

January 07, 2009

Economy: FDIC Sells IndyMac At a Loss | Newsweek Voices - Daniel ...

Round 2 of propping up the economy - Eamon Javers and Victoria ...

January 06, 2009

Economy: Will Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? | Newsweek Voices ...

Obama tackles economy, security : Home: The Buffalo News

January 03, 2009

Tax cuts to stimulate economy eyed - Peterborough Examiner ...

RealClearPolitics - Articles - GOP Must Confront Obama on the Economy

January 02, 2009

GMANews.TV - Singapore economy shrinks 12.5 percent - Business ...

Economy 2008 | Salon Technology

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