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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Ramanan — Keynes’ ‘Human’ Apple

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Keynes on modeling in economics (and social science) versus natural science. The Case For Concerted Action Keynes’ ‘Human’ Apple V. Ramanan...
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(Passive) Diffusion - Simple and Facilitated

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Interesting video (no math but the theory is well presented):
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Glenn Greenwald — The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition

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STAGE 1: Polite condescension toward what is perceived to be harmless (we think it’s really wonderful that your views are being aired). ...
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Lord Keynes — A Neoliberal Vision for Europe

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Moar neoliberal nuttiness. Social Democracy For The 21St Century: A Post Keynesian Perspective A Neoliberal Vision for Europe Lord Key...
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US and Turkey Invade Syria

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Here we go again. AntiWar US Troops Take Over Syria Airbase Jason Ditz Russia Insider Turkish Forces Enter Syria — How Will Russia Respo...
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So, no one is interested in the Fiscal Trend Trader?

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What's going on here? You've all been asking me for an economic and market report that incorporates the data from the Daily Treasu...

Lars P. Syll — On the non-neutrality of money – Keynes v. Krugman

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Important Keynes quote. Krugman posits that the two assumptions that underlie conventional economics are maximization and equilibrium. ...
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Peter Turchin — Naked Self-Interest is a Recipe for Social Dissolution (a response to Branko Milanovic)

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Must-read. Cliodynamica — A Blog about the Evolution of Civilizations Naked Self-Interest is a Recipe for Social Dissolution (a respons...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Yves Smith — The 0.1%’s Marie Antoinette Moment

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Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman as Marie Antoinette. Naked Capitalism The 0.1%’s Marie Antoinette Moment Yves Smith

Jason Smith — Is CPI an information-theoretic measure of labor force size?

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Interesting speculation on inflation rate. Information Transfer Economics Is CPI an information-theoretic measure of labor force size? Ja...

David Sloan Wilson — Updating Paul Krugman, "Evolution Groupie"

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Excellent comparison of Paul Krugman's summary of conventional economics and David Sloan Wilson's summary of evolutionary theory. ...
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MLB cancelling Venezuela Summer League this year

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700% inflation and no toilet paper and crime.  Three strikes and this second rate USD zombie nation is OUT. Baseball is one of the bes...
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Norbert Häring — A Greek conspiracy: How the ECB crushed Varoufakis’ plans

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A central bank governor in Athens conspires with the President of the Republic to sabotage the negotiation strategy of his government to we...
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Brian Davey — Putting moral philosophy back into economics

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In conclusion – if we are going to try to reclaim economics as a branch of moral philosophy and if we are really going to describe the worl...
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Classic Davos panel: A bunch of self-important, narcissistic know-nothings, adored by their fellow elites, loftily describing how it's important to keep everyone else down

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These guys are nauseating. I want to puke. They were wrong in the past and wrong now, but they still haul them out there on these panels. ...
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Bank Raises CD rate

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A 3.6% increase from 1.40% to 1.45% on a 2-year. Nationwide Bank Raises Regular and Jumbo CD Rates - https://t.co/Rj3src3M1m — MonitorBan...
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RockBand for Mercantilists

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Crane training simulator puts Port of Liverpool at cutting edge https://t.co/hCNMQd8s85 @LivEchonews #solarglide pic.twitter.com/Vuf1Jo...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Bird's Eye View of the Moscow Kremlin

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Moscow is going to be all in the news now that the British establishment is trying to pin the murder of Alexander Litvinenko on Putin. Well,...
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YEW CHOOB presents SCOTLAND SALUTES BOMBER DAVE

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As the British ruling establishment try to pin the murder of Alexanda Litvinenko on Putin you have to remember the horrendous crimes against...
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Argentina's Financial Collapse -- Documentary -- FULL MOVIE

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This movie below was made in 2001 and it shows in explicit detail how the neoliberals robbed Argentina. It is one of the best documentaries ...

Mark Thoma — 'New Experiments Challenge Economic Game Assumptions'

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Dr Burton-Chellew said: … 'The upshot of this is that these games are not reliably measuring motivations and therefore may not be infor...

John Helmer — European Court Of Human Rights Fires Secret Ukraine Missile To Down MH17 Victim’s Case

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For those following this. Dances with Bears European Court Of Human Rights Fires Secret Ukraine Missile To Down MH17 Victim’s Case John Helm...

Robert Reich’s Seriously Funny Crusade to Save Capitalism and America’s Middle Class

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But Reich has no intention of bludgeoning his audience with bleak statistics and grim predictions. “As you can see, the economy has worn me...
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Reuters — China's central bank plans to launch its own digital currencies

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China's central bank wants to launch its own digital currencies to cut the costs of circulating traditional paper money and boost polic...
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MEPS: EU Steel Prices Close To Bottoming Out

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EUR/USD bullish if it works out for them and they can get their increases to stick. Other reports from MEPS indicate there is still price ...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Steve Randy Waldman — There’s nothing smart in surrendering bargaining power for policy details

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While we are taking lessons from the ugly compromises FDR accepted in order to get Social Security passed, we might also consider other ev...
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Brian Romanchuk — DSGE Macro As An "All You Can Eat" Buffet (Part 1)

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Brain states his position in the current debate on economic modeling. The ongoing online debate regarding mainstream Dynamic Stochastic ...

Dan Wright — Film Series "A Very Heavy Agenda" Sheds Light On Neoconservatives Old And New

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Enter Robbie Martin’s film series A Very Heavy Agenda. The three-part series begins in the weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks when ne...
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How the Kochs Tried (and Failed) to Discredit Reporter Jane Mayer After She Exposed Their Empire — Amy Goodman interviews Jane Mayer

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And Keith Kelly, the media reporter there, started asking, "Who’s trying to smear Jane Mayer?" And he started doing a series of s...
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Jason Smith — Paul Krugman's definition of economics assumes the form of the theory

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Jason Smith critiques Paul Krugman's stated assumptions. Information Transfer Economics Paul Krugman's definition of economics ass...