White Teeth Links For 2010-09-02 [del.icio.us]

Obamanomics: Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheonEven now, Romer said, mystery persists. "To this day, economists don't fully understand why firms cut production as much as they did or why they cut labor so much more than they normally would." Her defense was that "almost all analysts were surprised by the violent reaction."That miscalculation, in turn, led to her miscalculation that the stimulus package would be enough to keep the unemployment rate from exceeding 8 percent. Without the policy, she had predicted, unemployment would soar to 9.5 percent. The plan passed, and unemployment went to 10 percent. +++++++Woefully incompetent tenure which will sink the Dems this NovemberLarry Sabato: GOP to Take House, Maybe Senate i...