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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. Feds Balance Sheet. QE History.

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

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by Tom Spencer on November 27, 2011 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. IN OCTOBER 2011, private banks accepted a 50% writedown on Greek debt. Definitions. Helpful Links. Greek default in all but name. in Economics. Whatever you say it is, it isn’t ~ Alfred Korzybski.

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10 Flaws with Mainstream Economics

Tom Spencer

Corporate finance academics argue that firms should act to maximise shareholder value, since shareholders are the owners of the firm. Herbert Simon called this approach to decision making ‘ bounded rationality ‘ 2. Profit maximisation. Economics assumes that firms aim to maximise profits. In reality, firms have a range of goals.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. Strategist News : Best Business Blogs 2011. -->. Unemployment.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

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Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.