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Forbes, 15.03.10 18:21 UTC

Chile's Solid Ground

The South American nation's recipe for withstanding natural disaster.

USD Fraser Institute Rafael Correa Luis Larrain Silvia Santacruz Michelle Bachelet +9 more

Seattle Times, 15.03.10 17:35 UTC

Business events scheduled for Tuesday

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

House Appropriations Committee US Federal Reserve European Union Department of Commerce White House Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries +12 more

Forbes, 15.03.10 04:16 UTC

Bitter Pills

We need more health policy wonks who tell it like it is.

USD Congressional Budget Office Harvard Barack Obama Robert Topel David Cutler +9 more

Huffington Post, 15.03.10 00:08 UTC

Harold Pollack: What do leading economists and pro-life progressive activists have in common? They both support health reform

I'm proud of two letters that were released this week. The first was signed by 40 of the nation's leading experts in health economics and public finance. This letter should reassure political ...

Randall Ellis Kenneth Arrow Henry Aaron Harold Pollack Alice Rivlin Richard Zeckhauser +14 more

Seattle Times, 14.03.10 17:58 UTC

Fed may hint at how long rates will stay at lows

Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke Chris Rupkey Thomas Hoenig Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,Inc. +3 more

Daily Mail, 14.03.10 16:32 UTC

Money really doesn't buy happiness: Countries 'become miserable as they grow richer'

It has long been said that money doesn't buy happiness, and now researchers claim to have evidence that the old saying holds true. According to a complex new economic formula developed by two ...

Thorstein Veblen Professors Curtis Eaton Mukesh Eswaran the Economic Journal designer economist

Times Online World News, 13.03.10 23:31 UTC

Forget the nudge, David Cameron will need a shove

Obama's subtle approach to change that enticed the Tories is crumbling in the face of hard reality

George Osborne British Broadcasting Corporation director of strategy White House Tory Central Office NHS +9 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13.03.10 07:39 UTC

Time, It Turns Out, Isn't on Their Side

A YEAR ago, I wrote about a job fair at the Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan, where over 5,000 mainly white collar, middle-aged jobless men and women waited in the cold for more than two hours, hoping ...

USD federal government Bureau of Labor Statistics Jo Fagan Carolyn Davis Steven Hipple +27 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13.03.10 05:50 UTC

National briefs: 3/13/10

WASHINGTON -- In a giant auction, the federal government has agreed to sell for pennies on the dollar most of the 120,000 formaldehyde-tainted trailers it bought nearly five years ago for Hurricane ...

propane gas leaks California Orange County trailers professor USD +17 more

The Independent, 13.03.10 02:26 UTC

Mortgage lending dives after end of stamp duty holiday

The number of mortgages issued in January slumped by nearly half, as UK homebuyers deserted the market after stamp duty relief ended. The lack of confidence in the market was further laid bare by the ...