Energy

The oil price-fixing scandal has landed in the U.S.

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Right On

Fannie Mae "is regaining its swagger even as lawmakers plot its demise"

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Politicking

Wall Street lobbyists frequently help draft financial legislation

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Abenomics

The deeper agenda behind Abenomics

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Sad But True

Sad But True

The free market simply can't solve the unemployment crisis

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Ryan McCarthy: Unemployment and free market economics don't mix well. Very smart piece http://t.co/5K5J8AlBIy
Sad But True

 How the tobacco and soda lobbyists keep winning

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Joseph Weisenthal: Great @buzzfeedben post on soda and cigarette politics. http://t.co/sMqDFLctnU
Sad But True

Intrade is shutting down

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Stephen Gandel: In shutdown notice, Intrade cites "financial irregularities" that may have broken Irish law. http://t.co/jWSqYdaSA8
Sad But True

The end of football

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Sad But True

People living in poverty are twice as likely to be depressed

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Fernando R. Vila: Shocker RT @TheAtlantic: Study: People living in poverty are twice as likely to be depressed http://t.co/Xygr5tcH
Sad But True

"The NYT hosts economic debates between eminent economists and comic sociologists"   

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TheStalwart Heh, understatement of the day. Mankiw on Europe: "There are bigger risks than inflation just now."
Sad But True

Romer: Evidence is no match for Congressional ineptitude

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Bartlett: Gingrich "disdains the expertise of anyone other than himself"
Sad But True

Why the 2011 crisis was almost entirely self-induced

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The Economist: A self-induced recession http://t.co/EGOlXX8l #economist