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By Yoram|2021-05-19T01:15:43-06:00July 10th, 2011|Blog|0 Comments
  • What Obama Wants, By PAUL KRUGMAN: “In last weekend’s presidential address… Mr. Obama had this to say about the economics of the budget: “Government has to start living within its means, just like families do…” No, the government shouldn’t budget the way families do; on the contrary, trying to balance the budget in times of economic distress is a recipe for deepening the slump.
  • E.P.A. Issues Tougher Rules for Power Plants. See also E.P.A. Chief Stands Firm as Tough Rules Loom
  • Building Boom in China Stirs Fears of Debt Overload: “With China, you have the ultimate ‘this time is different’ syndrome,” Professor Rogoff said. “Economists say they have huge reserves, they have savings, they’re hard-working people. It’s naïve. You can’t beat the odds forever.”
  • A review of my cartoon micro book by Joshua Gans’s 10-year-old son!
  • How to Solve China’s Gender Imbalance? The ‘Babe Tax’
  • Beijing air pollution monitor from the U.S. Embassy, with more about the Air Quality Index. See also this parody from the infamous “crazy bad” posting in November 2010.
  • Big Business Leaves Deficit to Politicians. See also The Rock and the Hard Place on the Deficit, by CHRISTINA D. ROMER, Still ‘Far Apart’ on Debt, 2 Sides Will Seek Broader Cuts and Presidential Candidates Warn About Debt Deal
  • As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows Its Printing Presses. (For macro book)
  • Australia Proposes Carbon Trading Plan, Again: “For the 500 companies — which would include mining giants with operations in Australia like BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata — the government has set a price of 23 Australian dollars, or $24.70, for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted starting July 1 of next year, rising 2.5 percent annually before shifting in 2015 to a market-driven trading program.”
  • An Online Scandal Underscores Chinese Distrust of State Charities
  • Oxfam Predicts Climate Change will Help Double Food Prices by 2030 (I’m not sure I agree, so let’s see in 2030 🙂
  • Argentina Hopes for a Big Payoff in Its Shale Oil Field Discovery: “The potential is huge, on the order of hundreds of billions of barrels of recoverable reserves,” said Michael C. Lynch, president of Strategic Energy and Economic Research, a consulting firm, who is preparing a report on global shale oil. [How much is hundreds of billions of barrels? It’s on par with Saudi Arabia and Canada.]
  • Six reasons [for BC] to delay joining California’s cap-and-trade program, By Mark Jaccard And Hadi Dowlatabadi, Vancouver Sun
  • Essential iPhone Apps for China Expats, 7 Great iPhone Apps for Foreigners in China, 10 fantastic iPhone apps for your China life
  • How The Great Firewall of China Works (not blocked by the censors! …although the YouTube video of course is), and Tunnel Through the GFW with 12vpn
  • In Ohio, a New Governor Is Off to a Smooth Start
  • U.S. Airlines Challenge European Emissions Rule
  • Obama’s Position on Gay Marriage Faces New Test. See also Gay Bells in Bondage
  • Married, With Infidelities (about Dan Savage and his Savage Love column)
  • Fire Up the Grill, Not the Atmosphere. ???
  • As California delays its carbon pollution trading program for a year, China speeds up its embrace of cap-and-trade. Reporting from China, my strong suspicion is that this is not true.
  • Boeing Labor Dispute Is Making New Factory a Political Football
  • Tiantongyuan, my home in China
  • Plan Issued to Save Northern Spotted Owl (for ENVIR 100?)
  • China’s Struggle With Inflation Continues as Price Index Rises: “The price of pork — a major food staple in China — rose 57 percent in June alone…” (yes, but food prices are volatile)
  • Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot (her exit interview from being head of the FDIC)

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