NRIII
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> I'm doing an exchange on economic issues this week
> with Steven
> Landsburg of Slate and the University of Rochester,
> a self-described
> "hardcore libertarian," on the LA Times website.
> Here's the link:
>
>
<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup-2008-
>
> jul21-25,0,1728086.storygallery>
>
> or
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/6fy6a4>.
>
> The topics:
>
> Monday: Was Phil Gramm right about the current
> economic malaise being
> a "mental" recession?
> Point: Steven. Counterpoint: Doug.
>
> Tuesday: How much to speculators contribute to high
> oil prices?
> Point: Doug. Counterpoint: Steven.
>
> Wednesday: There's evidence that a large percentage
> of modified
> mortgages with lower interest rates and loans with
> new repayment
> plans are going bad again. What does this say about
> the housing crisis?
>
> Point: Steven. Counterpoint: Doug.
>
> Thursday: Why shouldn't Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
> (and other large
> lenders) be allowed to fail?
> Point: Doug. Counterpoint: Steven.
>
> Friday: Have the Federal Reserve and government
> regulators gotten
> themselves into the position of trying to prop up
> the comfortable
> lifestyle of the middle class?
> Point: Steven. Counterpoint: Doug.
>
> Monday's up.
>
> Doug
>
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