Author: Marie2

Boosting GDP w/o Trying

BBC Reports that UK GDP rose to 0.9% in the 2nd quarter.  Up from the more anemic 0.7% in the 1st quarter.  And up a whopping 3.2% from the 2nd quarter in 2013. The recession in the UK now appears to be a thing of the...

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Secret Service – Cultural Failure?

Promoted by Steven D. Like all the other institutional failures being ascribed to cultures, such as the NY Fed, VA hospitals, etc? Or is the job/mission just too darn tough to expect zero failures?  Does the fact that only...

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Embedded Relationship Managers

Promoted by Steven D. Sounds kinky.  And it is.  But it’s bedding for money instead of sex. ProPublica and This American Life released an important story this week by Jake Bernstein.  The ProPublica written...

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Primary Losers Insurance

Joe Lieberman didn’t have it in 2006, but as a sore loser in CT, he was somehow able to get ballot access as an independent for the November general election which, much to the dismay of all the efforts of liberal...

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Dewey Defeats Truman – Lessons?

The Chicago Tribune was a long laughing stock for that headline blunder. Understanding how the Tribune blew it has probably consumed more ink and attention than how “Truman Beat Dewey.”  And there are lessons in...

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