From https://www.city-journal.org/joseph-stiglitz-venezuela-16181.html
Joe Stiglitz was a consultant to Freddie and Fanny in 2002 on the chances of their mortgage underwriting portfolio going south
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Robustness in Economics and Econometrics: Interview with Tom Sargent
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Why @BernieSanders’ Communist Misadventures Still Matter
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Uncertainty and Ambiguity in American Fiscal and Monetary Policies Thomas Sargent
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Gary Becker — The Economist’s Economist
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Thomas J. Sargent speaks on Euro Crisis
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Tom Sargent Honorary Degree Lecture on the Eurocrisis
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Warren Buffett: I’m not buying the Uber IPO, but I’ve never bought any IPO
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Why Warren Buffett Said No to Lehman and AIG in 2008
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Gambling for Redemption and Self-fulfilling Debt Crises
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2. Tell a New Story – Doughnut Economics or @KateRaworth is a @MontPelerinSoc conspiracy theorist
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Top economists still dewy eyed about deposit insurance despite its role in #GFC, S&L crisis, and bank capital ratios halving after its introduction in 1930s
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From http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/european-deposit-insurance
Peltzman spelled out in his 1970 article “Capital Investment in Commercial Banking and Its Relation to Portfolio Regulation”
that banks capital ratios dropped significantly in the US after the introduction of deposit insurance.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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