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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Len Nichols, The New America Foundation Dr. Alice Rivlin, The Brookings Institution Dr. Meredith Rosenthal, Harvard University School of Public Health Dr. Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College Dr. Katherine Swartz, Harvard University School of Public Health Of course, if CBO reports don't convince them, who knows if more experts piling...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... very difficult to make these estimates and that they're no more than very educated guesses," said Alice Rivlin, who served as the CBO's founding director in 1975. "But if you didn't have this process, we know that the consequence is that everyone would want to spend money and not pay for it."Inside the estimatesMuch of what the CBO does is akin to trying to forecast your grocery bill...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... very difficult to make these estimates and that they're no more than very educated guesses," said Alice Rivlin, who served as the CBO's founding director in 1975. "But if you didn't have this process, we know that the consequence is that everyone would want to spend money and not pay for it."Inside the estimatesMuch of what the CBO does is akin to trying to forecast your grocery bill...
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The Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... very difficult to make these estimates and that they're no more than very educated guesses," said Alice Rivlin, who served as the CBO's founding director in 1975. "But if you didn't have this process, we know that the consequence is that everyone would want to spend money and not pay for it." Inside the estimatesMuch of what the CBO does is akin to trying to forecast your grocery...
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Wall Street Pit (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
At a panel discussion at the Pew Charitable Trusts (captured for posterity by Planet Money), Alice Rivlin floated the idea of breaking up big banks. Luckily for us, Scott Talbott of the Financial Services Roundtable (a lobbying group for big banks) was there to slap that idea down. Talbott: “We...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Baseline Scenario submits: by James Kwak At a panel discussion at the Pew Charitable Trusts (captured for posterity by Planet Money ), Alice Rivlin floated the idea of breaking up big banks. Luckily for us, Scott Talbott of the Financial Services Roundtable (a lobbying group for big banks) was there to slap that idea down. Complete Story »
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The Baseline Scenario (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
At a panel discussion at the Pew Charitable Trusts (captured for posterity by Planet Money), Alice Rivlin floated the idea of breaking up big banks. Luckily for us, Scott Talbott of the Financial Services Roundtable (a lobbying group for big banks) was there to slap that idea down. Talbott: “We need big companies, and they can [...]
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
At a panel discussion at the Pew Charitable Trusts (captured for posterity by Planet Money), Alice Rivlin floated the idea of breaking up big banks. Luckily for us, Scott Talbott of the Financial Services Roundtable (a lobbying group for big banks) was there to slap that idea down. [More...]