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In the years before the burst of the housing bubble , true market oversight was nearly impossible and gaming the system became widespread. ...



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And the United States ' economy is so large that the seemingly titanic sum of $9.6 trillion is only 60.8 percent of American GDP. ...



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But, The United States was meant to be a combination of countries. Each of what we call a 'State' in the US (which is really more of a province now) was ...



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hu, 17 Dec 2009 05:26:38 GM

The evidence that the . United States. , compared to other developed countries, is characterized by highly unequal economic outcomes, and that these outcomes have grown more unequal during the era of market liberalism is undeniable. . ... to shift economic investment/acti​vity to non-tradeable sectors, the patch-work U.S. health care system, with its large information asymmetries, likely offered opportunities for rent-seeking, analogous to the inflation of the . housing bubble. ). ...

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deejayoh

ue, 22 Jul 2008 18:39:30 GM

Welcome to the . United. Socialist . States. Of America, where the profits are private, the losses are socialized, and the taxpayer gets the shaft for the next 50 years. I can hardly wait to see what interest rates and the dollar do when this passes. . ... I have not heard a single economist that opposes it. Well listen to Nourel Roubini (who has been right about the . housing bubble. all along: ...

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Patrick J. Lyons

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:23:28 GM

We have all sorts of reasons outside this report to think the economy is slowing significantly we have a . housing. slump, and in . terms. of construction, it's really a crash, the . bubble. has burst. We have the credit and financial crisis. . ... percent of the people in the . United States. , a pharmaceutical company, an oil company, or. Halliburton, I am certain that you have no cause to worry about the economy. After all, if you fall in one of these groups, you know that ...