A College Degree Will Help Your Marriage

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Shiller on Rationality

Robert Shiller says those problems in the hearts and minds of workers and investors will hinder US economy recovery.

References in the article:
Machiavelli's Mistake (PDF) (PP) by Samuel Bowles
Economics and Identity by G. Akerlof and R. Kranton

Krugman on Bernake

Bernake Conundrum.

Miserables Behind China's Economic Boom

Tragedies from New York Times.

Again, mark my word. China's real estate bubble is about to bust big.

China vs Google

Free markets require free minds eventually.
Update: Short the Chinese Communist Party.

Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee

Obama proposed this tax on big banks. I think it is necessary and crucial in the whole financial reform. It is not easy to see that Makiw agrees with Obama on one thing. Of course Krugman thinks this is no brainer.

....Do the bankers really not understand what happened, or are they just talking
their self-interest? No matter. As I said, the important thing looking forward is to stop listening to financiers about financial reform.

Wall Street executives will tell you that the financial-reform bill the House passed last month would cripple the economy with overregulation (it’s actually quite mild).
They’ll insist that the tax on bank debt just proposed by the Obama administration is a crude concession to foolish populism. They’ll warn that action to tax or otherwise rein in financial-industry compensation is destructive and unjustified.

But what do they know? The answer, as far as I can tell, is: not much.

Contrarian Investor Sees Economic Crash in China

I totally agree with James Chanos on China.

Blogometrics

A ranking of economics blogs and its Source.