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    FOR A HETERODOX MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS: AN ACADEMIC MANIFESTO

    OCTOBER 13, 2012 11:34AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics, social science

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 825 Views
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    Democrats 1, Republicans 1

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 12:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: balanced budgets, jack kemp, middle east, laffer curve, ronald reagan, deficit, afghanistan, foreign policy, syria, iran, frank luntz, charitable giving deduction, health care deduction, mortgage deduction, tax dedictions, jfk tax cut, tax cuts for rich, supply side economics, vice president debate, democratic party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, joe biden, paul ryan, economics, politics

    • 20 Ratings
    • 735 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Republican Economics Explained

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 8:47AM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: sharpie, wrongheadedness, election, foolishness, economics, politics

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    MORE ON JANE JACOBS & ECONOMICS

    OCTOBER 10, 2012 6:22AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economic development, cities, economics, economists, jane jacobs

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    • 117 Views
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    JANE JACOBS ON THE EUROZONE CRISIS

    OCTOBER 10, 2012 1:17AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: jane jacobs, oca theory, mundell, economics, eurozone, greece, merkel

    • 1 Ratings
    • 672 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The "Tytler" Insult -- Is Democracy Hopeless?

    OCTOBER 9, 2012 9:17PM

    By David Brin


    Topics: economics, tax breaks, election 2012, future of democracy

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    Dallas Fed Admits: Mainstream Economists Clueless on Crisis

    OCTOBER 9, 2012 9:21AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics, neoclassical economics, fed, federal reserve, finance, banking, debt, deflation, inflation

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    • 38 Views
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    MORE ON MATHEMATICAL HAND-WAVING & ECONOMICS

    OCTOBER 9, 2012 12:53AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: debt, money supply, macroeconomics, economics, math, mathematics

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    • 506 Views
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    Review: "Why Nations Fail" (Acemoglu&Robinson) by Peer Vries

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 2:37AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: krugman, international aid, development, sachs, daron acemoglu, acemoglu and robinson, acemoglu, economics

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    • 85 Views
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    Summary of Why Mainstream Economics is Worse Than Useless

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 1:56AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics, macroeconomics

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    On Economics

    OCTOBER 3, 2012 1:06PM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: academe, academia, finance, macro-economics, economics, social sciences

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    • 59 Views
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    Good Social Science - Understanding our world

    OCTOBER 3, 2012 1:00PM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics, urbanism, academia, academe, social sciences

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    • 30 Views
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    A Case Study for Privatization of Government Functions?

    OCTOBER 3, 2012 11:37AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1607 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Could "October Surprise" Be a One-Ton Pumpkin?

    OCTOBER 2, 2012 11:39AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, capitalism, bill gates, topsfield fair, pumpkin record, internet, open sourcing, thomas friedman, microsoft, economic equality, joseph stiglitz, austerity, supply side economics, republicans, democrats, economic crisis, 2012 election, we are all in this together, farmers, great pumpkin, globalization, fox news, rush limbaugh, inflation, redistribution, rent-seeking, oil companies, open salon, blogging, sound barrier

    • 6 Ratings
    • 572 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Romney Another Drone in Right Wing Hive

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 10:20AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: 2012 election, sharron angle, rand paul, women's right to choose, wall street, social security, global warming, rush limbaugh, fox news, conservative media, david frum, compromise, beltway establishment, independent judgment, democratic republic, ideas have consequence, liberty, freedom, capitalism, democratic party, conformity, religious right, peggy noonan, fareed zakaria, msnbc, morning joe, paul ryan, joe scarborough, mitt romney, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 4 Ratings
    • 414 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Who Will Cut the Deficit, and How?

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, finance, economics, presidential campaign, 2012, mitt romney, barack obama, deficit, cutting the deficit, deficit reduction, how candidates differ on cutting deficit, christina romer, robert reischauer, jackie calmes, maggie thatcher

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1456 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

    • 5 Ratings
    • 494 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Voters face choice election, not referendum, in 2012

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 3:46PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: governing, gilded age, success, big government, american dream, jobs, poverty, health insurance, congress, white house, authoritarianism, public interest, republican virtue, monarchy, gordon wood, american revolution, redistribution, collectivism, individualism, patriotism, citizenship, dnc, rnc, we built it!, laissez faire, survival of the fittest, social darwinism, great recession, great depression, constitution, abraham lincoln, republics, democracy, financial crisis, choice election, referendum election, tea party, democratic party, republican party, 2012 election, president obama, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2717 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Romney Exposes Inner Ayn Rand

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 3:30PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, entitlements, jospeh stiglitz, too big to fail, wall street, financialization, cato institute, barry goldwater, mormonism, christianity, poor, massachusetts, citizenship, atlas shrugged, ludwig von mises, plutocracy, capitalism, 47%, ayn rand, tea party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, economics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 51 Views
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    Behind the Great Firewall of China

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 1:25AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: economics, caucasus, travel, censorship, china

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