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1. Ben Bernankes Summer Reading List
   
   Fri Sep 3 16:50:31 2010
   Ben S. Bernanke was an economist at Stanford and Princeton for more than two decades before he moved to Washington to 2002, first as a member of the Federal Reserves board of governors, then as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers u[...]
2. Robert Reich: Why a Civil Society Extends Unemployment Benefits
   
   Tue Aug 31 17:31:36 2010
   I have the questionable distinction of appearing on Larry Kudlows CNBC program several times a week, arguing with people whose positions under normal circumstances would get no serious attention, and defending policies I would have thought [...]
3. Lloyd Chapman: An Open Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
   
   Mon Aug 30 20:05:00 2010
   I read your speech from Friday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In the speech you stated, "the Committee is prepared to provide additional monetary accommodation through unconventional [...]
4. Dead Soldiers Parents Sue Insurers Over Military Benefits
   
   Mon Aug 30 15:09:41 2010
   The parents of six deceased U.S. soldiers are suing Prudential Financial, saying it paid paltry interest on military life insurance benefits while keeping more generous interest earnings for itself. Five plaintiffs joined the original pl[...]
5. Does Anyone Believe That Unemployment Would Be Just 6.8 If Obama Hadnt Extended Jobless Benefits?
   
   Mon Aug 30 06:57:00 2010
   If theres one thing the WSJ editorial page loves, its arguments that the extension of jobless benefits creates unemployment by discouraging people to find work. And so it is today that Harvard economist Robert Barro is out with a new pi[...]
6. Ben Bernankes Critical Speech In 11 Words: "Yes, The Economys Weak, But Theres Not Much More I Can Do"
   
   Fri Aug 27 10:09:00 2010
   If you cant spare the time to read Ben Bernankes whole speech this morning, well boil it down to 11 words for you: "Yes, the economys weak, but theres not much more I can do." But, wait, d[...]
7. Text Of Ben Bernankes Jackson Hole Speech
   
   Fri Aug 27 09:02:00 2010
   Ed. note: The following remarks are being delivered by the Fed Chairman at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Symposium in Jackson Hole. As for content, there was very little "meat" in the speech. Bernanke is open to doing more if necessary, [...]
8. Medea Benjamin: Blackwater vs. Pinkwater: The Wife of Erik Prince Picks a Fight With CODEPINK
   
   Mon Aug 23 22:53:29 2010
   It felt surreal to be inside the home of Erik Prince, the founder, owner and chairman of Blackwater or Xe, as it is now called. Prince, a former Navy Seal, provides security for the CIA, the Pentagon and the State Department. His company [...]
9. Mark Miller: Doing the Math on Early Social Security Benefits
   
   Fri Aug 20 13:18:45 2010
   A recent column on how to maximize your Social Security benefits inspired some readers to fire up their spreadsheet programs. The column was excerpted from my book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security . It delivered this mes[...]
10. The 56 Year Benner Cycle
    
    Thu Aug 19 15:34:37 2010
    This post originally appeared on The Big Picture and is republished here with permission. The 56 year cycle mentioned yesterday “Periods When to Make Money” © 1883 was picked up by a href="http:ftalphaville[...]

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