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Kids always get it right, right?

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When did finance become sexy?

Maria Bartiromo in 1998…


And on a daytime talk show…

And then objectified on youtube, along with Erin Burnett:

If Financialization really does creep into the everyday, than it must creep into what (and who) we consider to be sexy.  I wonder, has [...]

Links

The following are links to a blog called “Financial Armageddon” and I thought they were relevant for us.  This might be another good blog to keep track of…  and it should help us come up with some really interesting paper ideas….
Marx talks about the adulteration of food, and apparently the practice still happens today
One effect [...]

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  • Antidote du Jour November 21, 2009
    Apologies for absence of links! Hope to be back to closer to usual programming early next week. […]
  • Stop the madness now! November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
  • Dodd: Bernanke Confirmation “Not Necessarily” a Foregone Conclusion November 20, 2009
    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]
  • Links 11/20/09 November 20, 2009
    the price of water Archein Lions kill rare white tiger at Czech Republic zoo BBC (hat tip reader Steve L) Moira man fights off deer attack Press Republican (hat tip reader John L) Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study Raw Story (hat tip reader John D) The jobless rate-interest rate conundrum Tim Iacono Canada’s sub-prime mortgage time [...] […]

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  • Antidote du Jour November 21, 2009
    Apologies for absence of links! Hope to be back to closer to usual programming early next week. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Stop the madness now! November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
    Edward Harrison
  • Dodd: Bernanke Confirmation “Not Necessarily” a Foregone Conclusion November 20, 2009
    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]
    Edward Harrison
  • Links 11/20/09 November 20, 2009
    the price of water Archein Lions kill rare white tiger at Czech Republic zoo BBC (hat tip reader Steve L) Moira man fights off deer attack Press Republican (hat tip reader John L) Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study Raw Story (hat tip reader John D) The jobless rate-interest rate conundrum Tim Iacono Canada’s sub-prime mortgage time [...] […]
    Yves Smith