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Why did Brad DeLong pick on our Eric Zitzewitz?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Jason Ruspini: It seemed like Delong interpreted the mere suggestion of 10% interest rates as a veiled attack on the Obama administration. That would explain the unfairly harsh and pedantic manner of his post. I think that Delong is right … Continue reading →

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Eric Zitzewitz wanna bet with Brad DeLong.

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Brad DeLong bended Eric Zitzewitz’s ear, and now our Dartmouth padawan wants a bet: Brad, The post you refer to is a follow up post to a post in March that does a similar analysis about the S&P 500. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/quantifying-the-nightmare-scenarios/ … Continue reading →

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