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The absurd concept of fiscal headroom has become all-powerful
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“The function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” So said Harvard...
Terence Corcoran: John Kenneth Galbraith's industrial state makes a comeback
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoIt is hardly news that national industrial policy is making a big comeback around the world, almost...
3 ways 2022’s high inflation is eerily like what a legendary economist saw who managed inflation...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago“My father was responsible for the control of inflation from the time of Pearl Harbor to May of...
Candice Bergen on Truman Capote's storied Black and White Ball
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 1966, author Truman Capote invited 540 of his high society friends to wear only black and white,...
Maybe politicians don’t understand the debt ceiling, or maybe it’s worse than that | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOpEd: In a recent interview, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr appeared to not understand the facts of the debt...
Billionaire investor Howard Marks warns about dollar risks, loan defaults, and debt-ceiling fights...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoHoward Marks.K. Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Howard Marks warns against making...
Exclusive: How emerging manager Overture VC raised $60 million—yes, in this economy
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoIt’s a tough environment for emerging managers looking to fundraise. Overture VC’s $60 million debut...
Opinion: Enormous wealth gap between top 1% and rest of Americans continues to grow
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMore than 40 years ago, economist John Kenneth Galbraith wrote that trickle-down economics was...
Read these 20 books if you want to level up your knowledge of the stock market
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoLegendary investor Michael Burry attends the premiere of "The Big Short".Andrew Toth/Getty Images...
A worrying warning from Next boss Simon Wolfson
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIF he weren’t busy running perhaps the best retailer in Britain, Simon Wolfson would make an expert internet troll. The Next chief executive can turn a...