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Cowen-Hanson Bloggingheads Topics?

Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tyler Cowen and I, good friends who sometimes blog-spar, will tape a bloggingheads TV show this Monday. What would folks like us to talk about?

Cowen to address UN summit next month

Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | yesterday

Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to address a United Nations summit for the first time as leader next month.... Continue reading »

Cowen admits second Lisbon referendum must be an option

Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | yesterday

Brian Cowen refused to rule out the option when he said that his colleagues would consider the need for another referendum in “due course”. But he also said more time was needed to analyse what had happened on June 12 when the public …... Continue reading »

Cowen to address UN summit next month

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to address a United Nations summit for the first time as leader next month.

Cowen-Hanson Bloggingheads topics

Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | yesterday

To paraphrase my good friend: Robin Hanson and I, good friends who sometimes blog-spar, will tape a bloggingheads TV show this Monday. What would folks like us to talk about? Here are the answers from Robin's readers.

Cowen on ABCT

The Everyday Economist (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

Tyler Cowen remains reluctant to embrace the Austrian Business Cycle Theory despite the remarkably accurate predictions he made on the basis of the ABCT back in 2005.

Cowen fails to rule out second Lisbon vote

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he has not ruled out the prospect of holding a second referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

Energy Conversion Devices: Cowen out positive on the name (ENER)

Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

From Notable Calls: Cowen is out positive on Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ:ENER ) saying they expect Q4 EPS to meet or beat our 20c ENER estimate (vs. St. 16c), based on revenue and margin upside, with operating expenses (ex. restructuring) below consensus. Firm sees room for Street estimates to rise, particularly on greater operating leverage. Increased backlog should aid visibility on...

Tyler Cowen: Finding the mess behind the mess

Weiwen's religion blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

Economics Professor Tyler Cowen, of George Mason University in the US, writes an op-ed for the NY Times on the US banking crisis. His diagnosis: "The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings." Additionally: The need to save more sharpens a number of interrelated secondary problems. First, America is...

• Tyler Cowen on the “Mess Behind the Mess” - The Glittering Eye

AUDIO: Taoiseach Brian Cowen singing Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore at the Fleadh Cheoil

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2008, 16:26AUDIO: Taoiseach Brian Cowen singing Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore at the Fleadh CheoilRelated Audio »Taoiseach Brian Cowen singing Paddy's Green Shamrock ShoreRelated »The performance was broadcast on RTÉ's Céilí House programme.© 2008 irishtimes.comADVERTISEMENTLatest »Popular StoriesYour Vote »Do you think Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his...

Cowen Dises Futarchy

Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

From a recent Telegraph article: Professor Tyler Cowen, also of George Mason University, thinks that the problem of bad governance is far too complex to be solved simply by making predictions of how policy decisions may or may not turn...

Fleadh revels coax Cowen to sing once again

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

INTERMITENT RAINFALL failed to dampen spirits at the 2008 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Tullamore over the weekend as even Taoiseach Brian Cowen was persuaded to sing in Offaly once again.

Tyler Cowen on the Housing Crisis and the Real Economy

Angry Bear (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

Tyler Cowen brilliantly covers a lot of ground but let me pluck those portions that pertain to the macroeconomy: The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings ... asset prices haven’t been rising much lately, so many people will need more savings for their retirement or for possible emergencies … The...

Tyler Cowen on the “Mess Behind the Mess”

The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

This morning in the New York Times Tyler Cowen has an op-ed on the tangled web of the housing crisis and the care that should be taken in untangling it: The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings. The thinking went something [...]

McAleese, Cowen congratulate Irish boxers

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008

President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen have congratulate Ireland's Olympic medal-winning boxers, saying they had given Ireland reason to be proud.

• Taoiseach wishes Egan 'all the best' ahead of final - The Irish Times