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Deflation Bound
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| By Desmond Lachman |
| Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 |
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By worrying about inflation, even after commodity bubbles have burst, central bankers are risking economy-killing deflation.
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Bush Needs to Send in Reinforcements to the Fed
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| By Kevin A. Hassett |
| Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 |
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The president should select two superstars, perhaps one from each political party, and give them recess appointments to the Fed.
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The Optimal Design of Social Security Benefits
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| By Kent Smetters, Shinichi Nishiyama |
| Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 |
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The ex-ante best U.S. Social Security replacement rate structure is fairly "flat."
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Curing the Dutch Disease: Lessons for United States Disability Policy
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| By Richard Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly, Philip R. de Jong |
| Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 |
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While difficult to achieve, fundamental disability reform is possible.
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Coordinated Action Needed for Hedge Funds Too
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| Letter to the Editor |
| By Desmond Lachman |
| Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
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Even if a quick solution were to be found for the banks' capital inadequacy problem, it is unlikely that the hedge funds' deleveraging process would be arrested.
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Blanket Deposit Insurance Is a Bad Idea
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| By R. Glenn Hubbard, Alan S. Blinder |
| Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
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Now is no time to further distort the market.
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The British Way Is Better
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| By Alex J. Pollock |
| Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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Only more capital can solve a capital problem.
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With More Financial Triage to Come, Will Parties Play Together?
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| By Norman J. Ornstein |
| Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
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The next president and Congress will face an absolute economic mess.
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Investment Bank Regulation
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| By Peter J. Wallison |
| Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008 |
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If the government chooses to regulate the capital markets, we will simply be assuring ourselves of many more financial crises in the future.
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The Last Trillion-Dollar Commitment
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| The Destruction of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
| By Peter J. Wallison, Charles W. Calomiris |
| Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
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The government takeover of Fannie and Freddie was necessary because of their massive losses on more than $1 trillion of subprime and Alt-A investments.
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