June 2008
Hilzoy: Ferraro And Race →
Paul Krugman Is Optimistic About Inflation →
Paul Krugman looks at this graph: And writes: Embedded vs. non-embedded inflation: [W]hen is it appropriate to get very concerned about inflation, and when is it OK to assume that a…
May 2008
John Heilemann: What Hillary Wants, and Why She’s... →
Ben Naparstek on Paul Krugman: Maverick loads gun... →
The Brookings Global Development Conference: What... →
Wendy Grossman: The Transparent Society revisited →
Dan Froomkin: A refresher on how the Washington... →
Kate Kelly of the Wall Street Journal on the Final... →
A reason why reading the Financial Times is not enough:
Lost Opportunities Haunt Final Days of Bear Stearns: Fear, Rumors Touched Off Fatal Run on Bear Stearns Bear Stearns Neared…
Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post →
He says that “we”—that is, the Washington Post’s reporters and editors—failed to do their job. But there is one question: why has it taken him until 2008 to tell us this? The Pot and the…
Nunc Dimittis III: Matthew Yglesias Inducts Scott... →
Matt quotes Henry Farrell: Matthew Yglesias: Stephen Hayes was on NPR a few minutes ago complaining about how Scott McLellan wasn’t very interesting, because he was just delivering ‘left…
California Hall, We Have a Problem →
Marty Lederman is flummoxed: Balkinization: There’s a UC Berkeley alum in my household, and so we’re frequently inundated with promotional materials from the University. Last week we…
Dealing with the Mortgage Mess: Judge Tchaikovsky... →
Tanta of Calculated Risk has very sharp eyes, and a very quick wit: Calculated Risk: BK Judge Rules Stated Income HELOC Debt Dischargeable: This is a big deal, and will no doubt strike real…
The trade deficit has turned very oily lately -... →
Justin Fox looks at a graph: And writes: The trade deficit has turned very oily lately: The U.S. economy remains globally competitive and may even be headed for a trade surplus ex-oil…
Yet Another Republican "We Have Always Been at War... →
We watch the dead-ender wingnuts attack Scott McClellan, and conclude it is time to shut down the Republican Party—a new opposition with totally new personnel is needed, badly. Outsourced to…
Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay Report... →
In any other industry, the two of them would now be running the show. Only in journalism does failure of the magnitude of America’s Washington press corps manage to perpetuate itself on such a…
Cliff on Jonah Goldberg →
Glenn Greenwald on Mike Allen: The right-wing... →
Duncan Black: The Horror of Tom Friedman →
David Corn: McClellan and Me: Why this White House... →
Jay Rosen: What Happened to Scott McClellan in... →
2008 Economic History Association Meetings →
City of Lafayette -- Police →
Impeach George W. Bush →
For a president to be so unpopular that congressman who represent highly rural parts of the prarie would rather spend time with their families than go to Bucyrus, Kansas to be photographed with the…
Another Book I Should Get and Add to the Pile... →
Steven Greenhouse, The Big Squeeze. Kim Bobo writes Dispatches from the Workplace: The Big Squeeze: Steven Greenhouse[‘]… The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker is the best…
Nunc Dimittis II →
A catch by Matt Stoller: Open Left:: Bush Reelect eCampaign Director:”McClellan savaged for saying what everyone knows to be true”: Feeling for Scott McLellan. Nice getting savaged for…
Income Inequality Bleg →
Anybody have a report on this morning’s EPI income inequality event? EPI Ideas: Rising Economic Insecurity: May 29, 2008 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Please join us on Thursday, May 29, for an Economic…
Trade and Distribution: A Multisector... →
Here: preliminary and incomplete http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/2008_pdf/20080530_stolper. The beginning: One of the basic building blocks of the political economy of international trade is…
Where People Are Coming From Today →
Where people are coming from today: The Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/
Marginal Revolution http://www.marginalrevolution.com
Crooked Timber http://www.crookedtimber.org
Matthew…
New York Times Death Spiral Watch (Thomas Friedman... →
Duncan Black has commanded us to spend tomorrow celebrating our great good fortune in having geniuses like Thomas Friedman shaping our foreign policy thinking, and wonderful newspapers like the New…
Top Seven Current Posts →
The top seven current posts on this weblog are: Alma Mater Blogging http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/05/alma-mater-blog.html
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/05/a-new-kind-of-s.html:
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Scott McClellan Fills in a Piece of the Bush... →
Marcy Wheeler writes: Emptywheel » George Bush Authorized the Leak of Valerie Wilson’s Identity: We have evidence that George Bush ordered Libby to respond to Joe Wilson on June 9, 2003. We…
The Harvard Crimson Writes... →
The Harvard Crimson writes: Would you be free either tomorrow or Friday for an interview? If so, what time would work best for you? I reply: Don’t know what I can say that I haven’t already…
Ezra Klein Is Shrill! (Scott McClellan Watch) →
Days late and megabucks short, says Ezra: EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect: “The White House would prefer that I not talk openly about my experiences… I have a higher loyalty…
Trade and Distribution: A Multisector... →
Here: preliminary and incomplete . The beginning: One of the basic building blocks of the political economy of international trade is the Stolper-Samuelson result: the shift from no trade to free…
New York Times Death Spiral Watch (Thomas Friedman... →
Duncan Black has commanded us to spend tomorrow celebrating our great good fortune in having geniuses like Thomas Friedman shaping our foreign policy thinking, and wonderful newspapers like the *New…
Tristero: Upon Finishing Rick Perlstein's... →
Kat: A Letter from a Iraq Veteran →
Danny Quah: Who moved my Blackberry... and those... →
Steve Benen: Journalists were ‘under enormous... →
Martin Feldstein: The US dollar hits an oil slick →
Ron Rosenbaum: In praise of liberal guilt →
Eric Boehlert: Why did the press ignore Ted... →
UBS tells ex-private banking team members to avoid... →
Ezra Klein Is Shrill! (Scott McClellan Watch) →
Days late and megabucks short, says Ezra: >EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect: »”The White House would prefer that I not talk openly about my experiences… I have a higher loyalty than my…
The Harvard Crimson Writes... →
The Harvard Crimson writes: >Would you be free either tomorrow or Friday for an interview? If so, what time would work best for you? I reply: Don’t know what I can say that [I haven’t already…
New York Times Death Spiral Watch (William Kristol... →
Outsourced to Ezra Klein: >EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect: William Kristol, columnist for The New York Times’s once-respected op-ed page, informed me this morning that “we are on course to…
Reason to Believe that This Is Not Yet the Bottom... →
From Calculated Risk: >Calculated Risk: Scatter Graphs: Months of Supply vs. House Prices: [There] is a limited amount of data (since Q1 1994), but this does suggest a relationship between price…
John Emerson on Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better... →
I think he is wrong about advertiser pressure: I don’t think advertisers care (much). I think it is that owning a media outlet is a way for rich people to have fun—and once you own it you want to…
Spencer Ackerman on Senator Jim Webb →
Ackerman likes him: >Attackerman - Commentary of Spencer Ackerman » Over There: This is for my friends who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. For their buddies and their soldiers and Marines who’ve…
Another Book I Should Get and Add to the Pile... →
Steven Greenhouse, _The Big Squeeze_. Kim Bobo writes >Dispatches from the Workplace: The Big Squeeze: Steven Greenhouse[‘]… *The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker* is the best book…
