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• Paul Krugman on the global economy 13 Feb 2009
• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize 13 Oct 2008
• Why Does Dennis Gartman Sound Like Paul Krugman? 7 Jul 2010

• The Real Reason Banks Aren’t Lending 4 Aug 2010

• Misunderstanding Modern Monetary Theory 17 Jul 2010
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• Turkey’s Audacious Experiment In ‘Post Modern’ Monetary Policy 8 Jan 2011

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• Greece is considering withdrawal from the Euro-zone (rumour) 6 May 2011

• FOMC Preview: Bernanke’s press conference has the potential to be disruptive 26 Apr 2011
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• Meet the Press, Mr. Bernanke 27 Apr 2011

• MMT: A few thoughts on austerity, currency wars and exchange rates 25 Oct 2010
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You have to watch this video to believe it. The speculation in the commodities market is well out of hand. Cotton futures are at a record high on speculation that demand in China will continue to increase, as China is the world’s largest importer of cotton. Add in the flooding in Australia and you have the makings of a rally driven by fundamentals but bolstered and amplified by speculation.

Bloomberg explains in the video below.

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• China: Surplus Shrinks, Reserves and Credit Grow Amid Speculation on Revaluation 13 Oct 2010
• Paul Krugman: Liquidity trap makes future ‘more or less speculation’ 13 Jun 2009

• Krugman: China is ‘Really the Bad Guy’ in Currency War 14 Oct 2010
• Krugman: We Need $8-10 Trillion Worth of Quantitative Easing 13 Oct 2010
• Roach: I think we should take the baseball bat out on Paul Krugman 19 Mar 2010

• This is the problem with China’s currency peg 18 Mar 2010
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• Roach: I think we should take the baseball bat out on Paul Krugman 19 Mar 2010

• Is China in a bubble blow-off top like Japan post-Plaza accord? 15 Mar 2010
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• Quantitative easing everywhere? 5 Dec 2008
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• Economics 101 on government budget deficits 13 May 2010
• Video: Jon Corzine talks deficits with Bloomberg News 24 Feb 2010
• Stat of the Day: Table of euro-zone debt and deficits 6 May 2010

• Paul McCulley does Modern Monetary Theory 14 Jul 2010
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• Paul Krugman on the global economy 13 Feb 2009
• Roach: I think we should take the baseball bat out on Paul Krugman 19 Mar 2010
• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize 13 Oct 2008

• More Reports on the European Credit Crisis and Other Links 4 Jun 2010
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• The Europeanisation of the Credit Crisis 5 Oct 2008

• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize 13 Oct 2008
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• Naysayers, the housing bubble was obvious 24 Jun 2008

• The financial crisis explained 4 Sep 2009
• Picture of the day: Tom Toles on the Financial Crisis 15 Oct 2008
• The 3 AM call: financial crisis has that phone ringing 18 Sep 2008

• Roubini: How to avoid the horrors of ‘stag-deflation’ 2 Dec 2008
• Nouriel Roubini: Will massive stimulus ward off stag-deflation? 12 Dec 2008
• My best and worst calls of 2008: a credit crisis retrospective 29 Dec 2008

• Some tidbits about stimulus, recovery, and the Great Depression 10 Feb 2009
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• The Blame Asia Meme 27 Jan 2009

• Liquidity trap of a different sort 22 Apr 2008
• Paul Krugman on the global economy 13 Feb 2009
• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize 13 Oct 2008

• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Prize 13 Oct 2008
• Jim O’Neill on the Global Economy 9 Jan 2009
• Where is the global economy headed? 11 Oct 2008

• Illinois governor in custody for trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat 9 Dec 2008
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