Capital Commerce
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Grading the Fed chairman
Continue reading… 0 CommentsWho was the best Federal Reserve Chairman ever? If there were a vote among economists, there's a pretty good chance that Alan Greenspan (1987–2006) would win, though Paul Volcker (1979–1987) would surely get plenty of votes. (Of course, if the housing bubble–fueled by all those Greenspan interest-rate cuts– bursts really badly, Greenspan's approval ratings might tank.)
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The U.S. economy–still the one to beat?
Continue reading… 0 CommentsIs America losing its competitive edge? That's one conclusion you could draw by looking at the annual competitiveness rankings just published by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. (They're the guys who throw the annual Davos wingding for the planet's political and economic elite.)
