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July 20, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

It's only 'moral hazard' if it costs Europe

It's only 'moral hazard' if it costs Europe
The justification for burning bank creditors as well as shareholders in a bank resolution is avoiding moral hazard, whereby bank creditors can lend money to banks with impunity, knowing they will be bailed out by the state if their credit judgment was ...
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Back when Germany had a Greek crisis. And its debt was slashed
They rely instead on a “moral hazard” argument: If Greece were offered an easy way to get out of debt, what would prevent it from living the high life on other people's money again? What kind of lesson would this send to, say, Portugal? But the Greek ...
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Greek Debt Crisis also Brings Moral Hazard, Delo Says
This is the reality of the European monetary union, where rules of the game are constantly determined by egotism and interests of big players, the paper says in "Moral Hazard of the Big Ones". Small and peripheral states are being pushed aside ...
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May 6, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Yes, the TSA is probably profiling you and it's scientifically bogus

Yes, the TSA is probably profiling you and it's scientifically bogus
"They are able to plead ignorance of those statistics," Handeyside told Buzzfeed News. "We find that ... The TSA did not respond to the request, and now the ACLU has filed a lawsuit, because it is illegal for a government agency to ignore a FOIA request.
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Private firms added 169000 jobs in April, missing forecasts
The survey measures only private employment and excludes government hiring. The jobs trend has been ... The ADP is a fairly reliable indicator of the closely watched jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , to be released Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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Education Dept. sees increase in campus sex crime reporting
In 2009, there were 3,357 such sex offense cases reported to the department in annual crime statistics reports, compared to 6,073 cases in 2013, the letter said. Education and law enforcement officials say sex offenses are underreported crimes, and the ...
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April 12, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Income Inequality: It's Also Bad for Your Health

Income Inequality: It's Also Bad for Your Health
The research on inequality at the county level is new, but existing literature suggests there are relationships between income inequality and life expectancy among countries in the world. “Inequality effects, over and above average income, are pretty ...
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Seven signs you are clueless about income inequality
Then he segued into a theme that underlay much of the conference this year, inequality in America. (Speakers from Paul Tudor Jones II to Dan Ariely addressed it.) Giridharadas captured the essence of just how badly the haves in this country are failing ...
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