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The_Weakonomist

  1. New Post: Doc & Earl tinyurl.com/c67bf5m
  2. Fact: if you put your alma mater in your twitter profile it's okay if it's a sports school. If it's Ivy, you're just a douche.
  3. America! RT @stlouisfed: Chart: Personal saving rate was 3.4 percent in April, compared with 4.8 percent a year earlier bit.ly/JF1Ccx
  4. Idea: Let's take out half the stuff we use to make running shoes, pretend they're great for your feet, and charge the same price.
  5. Marriage is having someone to wonder out loud to: do we have any eggs?
  6. This is why manufacturers are moving to non-union states autoblog.com/2012/06/01/hyu…
  7. If I was rich, I'd get one of these and hold poker games at my house all the time. businessinsider.com/deshawn-steven…
  8. @EverydayFinance @matt_sf I think that's what he was getting at
  9. Duration of unemployment went up for the first time since last November. That's is not a trend we want to sustain.
  10. RT @ReformedBroker: Boston Fed: Let’s Twist Again, Like We Did Last Summer bit.ly/KQtlVA $$
  11. Sell in May and stay away. Can set your watch to it.
  12. New Post: Some Predictions for the Next Few Months tinyurl.com/6rdostf
  13. RT @Neil_Irwin: That sound of dejected slumping in chairs you hear? Coming from the West Wing.
  14. 138k #NFPGuesses
  15. @justinwolfers have you not heard of @ComfortablySmug? Not only is he smart and conservative, he's downright annoying about it.
  16. RT @Seanismoney: RT @BryanAGraham: Seriously, who writes these headlines? twitpic.com/9rcytg
  17. They need Madden RT @Manshu: Man the commentary on this spelling bee is really exciting
  18. One can hardly call and org that doesn't have to reveal its donors and has millions to spend on commercials "grassroots".
  19. Pictures from the poorest county in the US boston.com/bigpicture/201…