Monday, August 31, 2009

The dilemma of classical music

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Thanks to the urging of my daughters, I went to see Modest Mouse in Anaheim on Saturday. They were very good, and I had a lot of fun. Two ...
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How much revenue would scaling back the Mortgage Interest Deduction raise?

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Less than static analysis would suggest. Even in the absence of the mortgage interest deduction, homeowners get a tax preference because im...
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From Ken Harney: Ideas to cut the federal deficit could cost homeowners billions -- latimes.com

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Ideas to cut the federal deficit could cost homeowners billions -- latimes.com Posted using ShareThis This makes sense to me. Base broadeni...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Housing inside the Beltway seems to be different

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IAS 360 puts out data on house prices at the county level for 360 counties around the country. I am in the process of finding out more abou...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Should we be excited about the July new home sales number?

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The short answer is no. The July number was the worst July number since 1982; it just wasn't as bad as the June number, which wasn't...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

To see the whole speech

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Go to http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/tedkennedytruth&tolerance.htm
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Ted Kennedy at Liberty Baptist College

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Why Ben Bernanke was (and should have been) reappointed

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The Ted Spread has returned to normal (actually, a little less than normal). The A2P2 spread is getting there.
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Maybe pigs can fly

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If I am forced to bet on who is correct in an argument, and all that I know is that Paul Krugman is on one side of it, and Robert Samuelson ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

How the world likely views arguments among academics

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I am guessing that, to the extent that it cares, the broader world sees the current argument between Richard Posner, on one side, and Paul K...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Tonight on CBS

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Watch CBS Videos Online
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Naive question

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When the economy settles down, why not return to the Clinton tax code? The economy did well, we had fiscal surplus, etc. Raising taxes on ...
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My all time favorite billboard

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Mark Thoma has a post this morning on a silly billboard he saw while driving across Nevada. The best billboard I ever saw was in northern M...
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The Problem with Condos

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One interesting aspect of today's Existing Home Sales report is that while the inventory of single family homes is decreasing, the inven...
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Dan Immergluck responds to Thomas Sugrue

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In the Comments Section of the Wall Street Journal I want to begin by pointing out that I respect Dr. Sugrue's work greatly and use it ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Real Time With Bill Maher - Dana Gould reports on health care protests and Remote Area Medical

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Whence came unstable housing finance?

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Over the weekend, Thomas Sugrue, a highly regarded history professor at Penn, wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal that implied that we ...
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The problem with professors becoming presidents

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A lot of what our job is about is understanding the point of view of others, even when we disagree with them. A lot of our job is explainin...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben

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It is disgraceful that opponents of health care reform are exploiting people's fear of the inevitable to undermine a really good idea: M...
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Lisa Schweitzer explains (one reason) why I love LA

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She writes : Last night we went to Dodgers stadium to watch the Dodgers, who lost to Atlanta. Now my friend Casey is a fan of the Braves, ha...