03 October 2013

CEOs All At Sea

Paul Krugman


"Finally, they’re still trying to position themselves as the middle ground between extremists on both sides, when the reality is that we have a basically moderate Democratic party confronting a radical Republican party that doesn’t play by any of the normal rules. If you insist on thinking of Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren as somehow symmetrical figures, you’re already so out of touch with political reality that there’s no way you’re going to have useful influence."

World War II in Europe: Every Day


Modeling Policy When Policy Is Inside the Model


Peter Dorman

Australia had a government shutdown once. In the end, the queen fired everyone in Parliament.


Max Fisher

This CNBC clip shows everything wrong with how Wall Street thinks about banking


Neil Irwin