Category Archives: Economics

New York Times Reviews Two New Books On The Mortgage Crisis

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Luke Ford

One guy who signed on for a mortgage he could not handle was a New York Times economics writer. His new book is called BUSTED. Alyssa Katz has published, Our Lot: How Real Estate Has Come To Own Us. Katz … Continue reading →

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The Housing Boom

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Luke Ford

Check out the book on Amazon.com. Economist Thomas Sowell appeared on Dennis Prager’s radio show May 27: Tom: If the results weren’t so serious, all this would make a great Gilbert & Sullivan musical, with all the mutually contradictory statements … Continue reading →

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AIG Bonuses

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Gil Student writes: "R. Dr. Asher Meir published an article from two weeks about an AIG executive’s Op-Ed in the NY Times in which he announced his resignation (Op-Ed in NYT, Asher Meir). Dr. Meir calls the letter "a … Continue reading →

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Checking My Investment Portfolio

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Luke Ford

I check mine obsessively, always weighing up my number of mitzvos and comparing them to my number of averas. At the moment, these two sides of the ledger are dead even. Rabbi Gil Student writes: Some people are tempted to … Continue reading →

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Orthodox Harvard Student Takes On Barney Frank

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Luke Ford

Watch the video on the left: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (myfoxboston) – It all started with a question: "How much responsibility, if any, do you have for the financial crisis?" Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) and a conservative Harvard law student debated over … Continue reading →

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