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  1. will be interviewed on KTRH Houston radio at 7:30 tomorrow morning...yapping about unemployment rate
  2. Off to Boston to speak at a conference of economists
  3. interesting to see how the UK's main fin regulator FSA will have a huge say in bank hiring decisions. US next?
  4. I understand why the Nobel Committee gave the Peace Prize to BHO...but I think Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan deserves it more...
  5. Had a great exchange of ideas with Texas MBA Alumni at our conference in Dallas this weekend.
  6. G20: revolution or a gab fest? My thoughts from my Macro Updates blog http://blogs.mccombs.utexas...
  7. Gilligan: income inequality and impact on enviroment are unanswered questions of growth.
  8. Gilligan: incentives and institutions are main drivers of economic growth
  9. Gilligan: gdp corrleated to childhood health
  10. Gilligan: 900 yrs of histoey: increased gdp results in longer life expectancy
  11. Gilligan: surprisingly, most news on global poverty is GOOD news over past 25 yrs
  12. Gilligan: significant fraction of humans live in extreme poverty
  13. Gilligan: economic growth is a human success story.
  14. At Bates Concert Hall for Dean Gilligan's lecture on economic growth.
  15. NPR is running a series of stories on the financial crisis 1 yr later. Far from perfect but worth reading http://tinyurl.com/ksjz8z
  16. My most recent Macro Update video blog discusses the Chinese tire tariff. See: http://blogs.mccombs.utexas...
  17. I don't agee with everthing in this article from The New Republic but if does a decent enough job: http://bit.ly/1odJ8m via @addthis
  18. Just did an interview with Rueters on why Texas is in better shape than much of the nation. My take: we learned from history. Re: 1980s.
  19. Just did an interview with KTRH in Houston on public v private sector job growth. Will be on in morning NewsRadio 740.
  20. Think about this: Paul Krugman famed liberal economist, in favor of gov't single payer healthcare, teaches at a PRIVATE university. Hmm.