Tag Archives: Bailout

4 miscellaneous web links you can’t afford to ignore

- Max Keiser and Alec Baldwin lecture little Nigel Eccles (of HubDub) on Italian cheese and the US economy. – Auction system in the NFL. – Via prof Mike Giberson from Texas. – Local newspapers are going down the toilets, … Continue reading

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Here is a Wall Street pundit who is very quick to blame the prediction markets. But did the punditry of that smart ass performed better than the prediction markets, regarding last week’s vote on the House of Representatives?

Financial Times’ John Authers: Prediction markets, summing the market’s wisdom, had it wrong. Last week, the Intrade market put the odds that the TARP would have passed by now at more than 90 per cent. -

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FAIL

Technical Note: If you are not able to see the right end of the huge chart below, read my info-tech tips over there. – -

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Good Morning America.

I Told You So. by Ed Miracle This painting was on the cover of Thomas Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat.

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Washington Mutual is seized by the US government.

- New York Times – Another one bites the dust: (Sorry for those who have a narrow screen and don’t see the right part of this big chart.) – According to InTrade, here are the banks that could fail next: … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson sends Nassim Nicholas Taleb back in the locker room, and John Delaney does the same with Jason Ruspini.

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I am going to suffer retaliation for what I am about to tell you, but I am taking the risk because it’s the truth.

Paul Krugman’s blog is the best critical read on the Bailout plan. It is said.

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The second InTrade “blogger” makes very controversial remarks on Iranian TV —calling Henry Paulson a “financial terrorist”, 9/11 style.

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Justin Wolfers has signed a “pretty weak” petition on the Bailout proposal…

… according to Felix Salmon. Same idea with that one.

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Something absolutely EXTRAORDINARY happened in my life, today.

I subscribed to Paul Krugman’s blog. What’s next?

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