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Judge Posner, who in addition to being the co-author, with his Nobel Laureate friend, of the Becker-Posner blog is an Atlantic corresponde...

Who was responsible for bringing the global financial system to its knees? According to Princeton alumnus Michael Lewis, and MIT alumnus Jak...

In a post last fall ( "A Green New Deal?" ), we mentioned Van Jones's explication of the idea, advocated by many progressives,...

James Kynge laid out his thesis for China's continuing growth in the wake of declining exports in a recent Financial Times column, ...

In his market commentary this week, "Anything But Academic" , John Hussman weighed in on the debate between Paul Krugman and John ...

So say (separately) the editors of the Financial Times and New York Times columnist/Princeton economist Paul Krugman. In an editorial yest...

A few excerpts from this week's Thoughts from the Frontline newsletter, "Faith Based Economics" : On America's Fiscal Chal...

In In his latest market commentary, "Comfortable with Uncertainty" , Dr. Hussman shares some thoughts on dealing with market unce...

A humorous letter to the editor in today's Financial Times , "Buy me a massive telescope or pay the consequences" : From Dr Ch...

In his column in yesterday's New York Times business section ( Strategies: "The Road Back from the '29 Crash Wasn't So Lon...

From Dr. Hussman's latest market commentary, "Money Doesn't Grow on Trees" : On the BofA/Merrill Lynch deal: [I]nstead of ...

That was the headline of Megan McCardle's post on her Atlantic blog in response to Paul Krugman's New York Times column today abo...

That headline appeared above a photo of gym-goers working out on treadmills and stair masters at the soon-to-be foreclosed on Fayetteville A...

Another Goldman-related item in today's FT is this blog post by Tracy Alloway, "The Devil and www.goldmansachs666.com" , which...

Add the FT's John Gapper to Megan McCardle's crazy contingent 1 for questioning the political influence Goldman Sachs wields via it...

Apparently, it's not all doom & gloom for "Dr. Doom". Below are a few excerpts from Helaine Olen's profile of him in t...

That's a question 1 that came to mind when reading his op/ed in today's Financial Times , "Ten principles for a Black Swan-pro...

One economic stimulus idea that has been proposed a number of times is for the government to spur auto sales by offering a voucher good towa...

Somehow I doubt we'll see a post with that headline on Megan McCardle's Atlantic blog in response to Weidner's MarketWatch co...

That's the title of John Hussman's latest market commentary . Excerpt: Look. You can play hot potato with the toxic assets all day l...