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  • April 2008

    • Bear Bailout Called 'Worst Mistake in a Generation'

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 29, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      Bear Bailout Called 'Worst Mistake in a Generation'

      A former top-ranking Fed official has called the central bank's decision to bail out Bear Stearns its "worst mistake in a generation," the Wall Street Journal reports. The official, former chief of monetary policy, compares the hasty move to errors that helped trigger the Great Depression. He accused officials of ignoring other options, such as demanding more from buyer JP Morgan, seeking other suitors or removing certain assets from Bear's portfolio. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • Bear Stearns  • banking  • liquidity  • Great Depression  • monetary policy

    • Rumsfeld to Pen Memoirs

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 15, 08 6:04 AM CDT

      Rumsfeld to Pen Memoirs

      Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the architects of the war in Iraq who resigned from the Bush administration when the US became mired in the insurgency, is writing his memoirs, Reuters reports. The 75-year-old former congressman won't take an advance and will donate the book's proceeds to a not-for-profit foundation. The memoirs will cover his life from the Depression through the Bush years. More »

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      Iraq war  • Congress  • al-Qaeda  • Pentagon  • World War II  • Ronald Reagan  • Donald Rumsfeld  • Richard Nixon  • Gerald Ford  • Great Depression

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Bah, Happiness: Gloom Is Normal

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Feb 7, 08 8:06 AM CST

      Bah, Happiness: Gloom Is Normal

      Maybe you're feeling a little down—not to worry! Turn to self-help books, psychiatrists, little blue pills, or Dr. Phil to make you happier! But in Against Happiness, melancholy Eric Wilson rails against our culture’s “craven disregard for the value of sadness.” And a growing wave of morose-minded thinkers is joining the anti-happiness bandwagon, Newsweek reports. More »

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      depression  • psychology  • antidepressant  • psychiatry  • Dr Phil  • Great Depression  • self-help  • Zoloft  • Aristotle

  • June 2007

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