Archive for February, 2010

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Who Pays For The Olympics? Vancouver Edition

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, February 2nd 2010   6 comments already   

A year and a half ago I wrote about the who pays for the Olympics in Beijing. Weakonomics was in its infancy but it remains one of my most favorite posts to date. Now the Vancouver Winter Olympics are just around the corner. I’m going to retouch some things from that post but I’m also [...]

under: business, government, media    
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What Happens If Congress Doesn’t Raise The Debt Ceiling?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, February 1st 2010   2 comments already   

And for that matter, what the heck is the debt ceiling? Well you definitely know what our national debt is. It’s the collection of trillions of dollars that our government owes to investors in the bonds and bills that they issue. A decently informed citizen would know this number is over $10 trillion. It would [...]

under: economics, government    
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