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...That's no mere fancy. In a study of the 2001 election, Wolfers and economist Andrew Leigh, of the Australian National University, found that while pollsters differed on the outcome and the winner's vote share, punters' money was solidly on the government. And in marginal contests, the favorite won in 43 seats out of 47. Polls are certainly useful, Wolfers says. But "the media would serve the public better by reporting on betting rather than polls...
TREVOR WILLIAMS, chief economist at Lloyds TSB, warning that Britain's second-quarter GDP growth of 3.7% year-on-year, its fastest in almost four years, could stoke inflation
...MIKHAIL DELYAGIN, economist...
...some or all of the pieces of Yukos at the state-run sale expected to follow Yukos' demise. "The appointment of Putin's closest and most secretive lieutenant as head of Rosneft is a sign that Putin has set out to take over the Russian oil industry," charges Economist Mikhail Delyagin, a former top aide to President Boris Yeltsin, now director of the Institute of Modernization, a Moscow-based think tank. Many oil magnates, officials and analysts believe a Rosneft takeover is the real motive for destroying Yukos. "Sechin's role in this is an open secret," says Duma deputy...
...kind of is a little like big brother to me and I want to know what their motives are. You can accomplish the same objectives without taking money away from the major commercial banks,” Blickstead said. “Any economist will tell you that banking is better with competition...