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18. Econ Browser (6,597 links). Run by two professors, both with economic backgrounds. What readers would expect from academics looking at the markets. Indepth and often complex analysis of a broad range of topics from infrastructure to policy making to consumer spendings. More than any other site on this...
If that analysis is true, then two other things must be accurate. The first is that the cause of the recession was Americans becoming overextended in their use of credit. The other one, which is a consequence of the first, is that if the government can facilitate future consumer borrowing...
The general assumption about job creation under the program is that it will add 3 to 4 million jobs. But in the introduction to the bill the assumptions about job loss are laid out quite clearly: "Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months...
And while profits are down at nationwide retailers like Walgreens and Target, Khubani says the number of TeleBrands products purchased in those stores are "way up," with TeleBrands' overall sales in 2008 nearly doubling since 2007. Of course, because such products are often manufactured overseas--the Snuggie, for example, is...
In the midst of the transition, President Obama was faced with a telling policy choice: whether to declare a temporary sales-tax holiday. His economic advisers loved the idea. It would provide immediate consumer stimulus, a direct jolt that might unclog the commercial arteries. The money could be easily passed...