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Trabant Love.

The strange case of the $134 billion of bearer bonds in the false-bottom suitcase.

Was President Obama a subprime borrower?

If you can't do the time don't go on magazine covers bragging you are #1 at the crime.

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on the budget and national debt

Krugman versus Krugman on deficits and debt -- who to believe?

How much must taxes increase by 2030?

Treasury bonds are on course to become "junk" by when?

Six ways the U.S. won't escape its national debt.

How much is a trillion dollars of debt ... in the taxes you will pay for it?

on practical econ

Perhaps the US mail should be managed by the Fruit Growers of America?

Save the Earth. Grow the economy. Faster! Faster!

Sweden versus Democrats on vouchers for public schools

Can nationalized health care reduce cost in the US? What does our experience say?

Rising health care costs are not the cause of the coming fiscal crisis.

The real reason why health care costs keep going up.

on Social Security

The beauty of Social Security, by Paul Samuelson.

What would FDR think of today's Social Security?

Who will want to renege on the Social Security trust fund bonds in the 2020s? Who won't?

What real economists said Social Security is a Ponzi game?

Can economic growth head off the coming Medicare/Social Security entitlement funding crisis?

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William Easterly
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Marginal Revolution
Casey Mulligan
Newmark's Door
voluntaryXchange

especially for the financial crisis:
Economics of Contempt
John Hempton
TheMoneyIllusion

faves
AdamSmith.org
Megan McArdle
Economic Principals
John Henke at The Next Right
The Minuteman
Political Calculations
QandO
"Stalker" Luskin
Tax Foundation
Tax Policy Center
Volokh Conspiracy

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Econ With A Face
Emergent Chaos
Flyunderthebridge
Knowing Humans
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Skeptical Optimist
Tim Worstall
Viking Pundit
and... Scrappleface

sports quants,
because I'm the thinkin' type of beer drinkin' sports fan Advanced NFL Stats
Sabernomics
The Sports Economist
Sabermetric Research
Pro-Football-Ref.com
Wages of Wins

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Sunday, May 29, 2005

King Fahd is dead but getting better.

Sources in Saudi Arabia say the King died last Wednesday, although his health is improving.

Francisco Franco's condition remains stable.

link, posted at 12:25 AM

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