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Telegraph Blogs Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Sat 2010-07-24 16:14 EDT

Krugman versus Ferguson: Round Two -- Telegraph Blogs

Not since Ken Rogoff's famous attack on Joe Stiglitz has the dismal science of economics provoked such pompous, self-important, personalised squabbling. Professors Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson, of course, have form; they've been at it on and off for nearly a year now over the efficacy of deficit spending in fighting the downturn, and today they return to the fray...

Krugman versus Ferguson; Telegraph Blogs.

Thu 2009-09-17 10:31 EDT

China, Bernanke, and the price of gold - Telegraph Blogs

China has issued what amounts to the ``Beijing Put'' on gold. Former Vice-Chairman of the Communist Party's Standing Committee Cheng Siwei: China has fundamentally lost confidence in the US dollar and is going to shift to a partial gold standard through reserve accumulation. [dollar losing reserve status]

Bernanke; China; gold; Price; Telegraph Blogs.