Meet the Press, Check the Facts
This Sunday (2 December 2012), David Gregory hosted a lively session of NBC’s Meet the Press. The focus of Sunday’s …
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North Korea’s Hyperinflation Legacy, Part II
Following North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il’s death last December, many around the world had high hopes that his successor …
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It’s the Spending Cliff, Stupid
Washington has once again rescued the citizenry from another disaster of its own design. Yes. At the eleventh hour, …
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The AEA’s Annual Meeting: plus ça change
The American Economics Association, the granddaddy and most prestigious of professional economic organizations, opens its annual meeting in San Diego …
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Iran’s Lying Inflation Statistics
Today, the Central Bank of Iran released its inflation statistics for 2012. Remarkably, despite all of the international notoriety surrounding …
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China: Money Matters
Contrary to what the doomsters have been telling us, China’s economy is not on the verge of collapse. As the …
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