economic history

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The Economic Collapse For Hipsters

a: Major players involved ~
b: the traditional hipster family

What: "Daddy Warbucks, the successful businessman with several overseas bank accounts (the American Government......"

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Writer: Lola Wakefield
LCC: HC
Where:
Date: Apr 11 2010 7:36 AM


Financial Reform

a: Putting paulson in charge of financial reform ~
b: a big oil executive in charge of developing alternative energy sources

What: "To put him in charge of rebuilding Wall Street is like putting a big oil executive in charge of developing alternative energy sources."

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Writer: EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
LCC: HC
Where:
Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM


Analysis Uncoupled From Reality(ptolemy)

a: Poorly informed analyst ~
b: the ancient astronomer Ptolemy

What: "As a professional statistician and former statistics professor, I would like to make one more point concerning Salzman's comment on data: It must be coupled with qualitative knowledge of the matter being studied. Otherwise, the analyst is like the ancient astronomer Ptolemy, constructing ever more intricate mathematical theories based on totally false premises (sun revolving around the Earth)." ...This is great comparison.

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Writer: Norm Matloff
LCC: HC
Where:
Date: Jan 26 2011 2:34 AM



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