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[Wall Street Pit] - In both cases the real cost of debt must increase substantially – in the former case because high German inflation will force up euro interest rates so that Spain's refinancing cost will exceed its domestic growth rate, and in the latter case because
Bundesbank shows signs of yielding
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[Financial Times] - So far, Mr Weidmann has not disclosed how high German inflation could rise before the Bundesbank would demand an ECB policy response. But the central bank's comments on Wednesday, hinted at a hitherto undisclosed degree of flexibility – which might
John Tomasi's attempt to reconcile the beliefs of libertarians and left ...
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[Financial Times] - Far too much of it falls into the category of commenting on professor X's gloss on professor Y's comments on professor Z. American academics seem to have taken over the high German pre mixture of erudition and pedantry. The reader will be helped
Reading fiction is a good way to put a spark in brain activity
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[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner] - “Smatter,” to “talk idly, chatter,” is a century older, perhaps stemming from Middle High German term, “smetern,” which meant “chatter.” Smattering describes much of my knowledge of the world, but like all librarians, I'm paid to find and deliver
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