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The new Manhattan Project

Feb 24, 2009
As we watch the stock market sink to 1997 levels, this article in Wired Magazine should send chills down your spine. It says a formula created by...

Neighbor vs Neighbor

Feb 20, 2009
One reason I think the housing bailout is raising so much ire is that it pits Americans against each other. A family on one side of the street...

Gotta have more bailout!

Feb 19, 2009
Remember the Saturday Night Live sketch with Will Farrell and Christopher Walken? Walken plays a famous record producer, and he keeps telling band...

The Countrywide Rap

Feb 19, 2009
Countrywide's reputation is in the toilet, so Bank of America is flushing that name forever. The company will now be called Bank of America Home...

The housing plan is out

Feb 18, 2009
President Obama unveiled his plan for the housing market this morning. Here's a detailed article from Bloomberg about the proposal, but I'll also...

The credit crisis as Antarctic expedition

Oct 13, 2008
In the third installment of his videos making the financial crisis easier to understand, Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how banks...

Response post: renewables can't be stopped

Oct 3, 2008
It looks like Michigan and Washington are closely aligned with their renewable portfolio standards of 10% by 2015 and 15% by 2020, respectively....

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