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Low Rates Mean It's Time for Some Old-School Lending

Negative interest rates is a call to arms. Japan hesitated and sank into the "lost decade." The solution is inescapable: American banks must start lending.

Hurricanes Scandal Casts Cloud Over College Football

(This has been cross-posted from Law Blog.)

Downgrade Was a Statement on Stewardship, Not Capacity

The downgrade was a judgment on the stewardship, and not on the capacity of our federal government. That does not mean, however, that the downgrade is without consequence.

Was Indiana Bankrupt?

Conflicts on the New York Fed Board

Stern Consequences

The folks at the Weil bankruptcy blog do a great service in summarizing some of the initial consequences of the US Supreme Court