Economics Links–08.01.08
by Sean Hackbarth
- Commodities prices fell faster in July than at any other time in 28 years. Are we seeing another bubble burst?
- The Wall Street Journal editorial board finds Phil Gramm was right, Ben Bernanke listened too much to Wall Street, and Washington doesn’t have real answers to energizing the economy.
- Daniel Ikenson notices on trade the Democrats in Congress care more about enforcing trade deals than making trade more free.
- Russia plans to centralize almost 50% of its grain exports into a organization that would look a lot like Gazprom.
- Larry Lindsey takes on Henry Paulson for pushing a bad Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac bill through the Congress.
- Michael Cox and William Alm show that despite the sluggish economy we’re doing pretty darn well.
