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...these worrywarts was Alan Greenspan-a man not known for his gloominess (or his intelligibility). In August 2005, when he was still Federal Reserve chairman, Greenspan attributed what he called "lowered risk premiums" to the economic stability of the previous decade and said higher asset prices might reflect "the increased flexibility and resilience of our economy." But he warned that investors could turn cautious at any moment and that "history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums...
...these worrywarts was Alan Greenspan--a man not known for his gloominess (or his intelligibility). In August 2005, when he was still Federal Reserve chairman, Greenspan attributed what he called "lowered risk premiums" to the economic stability of the previous decade and said higher asset prices might reflect "the increased flexibility and resilience of our economy." But he warned that investors could turn cautious at any moment and that "history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums...
...administrators at public institutions showed a greater increase than the salaries of their private school counterparts. This is a reversal of the trend shown in the 2005-2006 edition of the annual survey, when private institutions showed a greater salary increase for administrators than public schools. This reversal may reflect improving economic conditions, said Andy Brantley, chief executive officer of the association that conducted the survey. “The economies of most states did better this year than they have in the last several years,” he said. “As the economy improves, there...
...Perhaps without realizing it, they are turning Hegel’s continuum on its head, suggesting that the “developed” world, in some ways, should be progressing toward the Third World. As this Black History Month comes to a close, we should all pause to reflect and celebrate our heritage for what it is and not merely for its resemblance to classic Western ideals of greatness. Here’s to our illiterate, tropical-forest-dwelling ancestors, more wise and civilized than we may ever know...
...cements Shi'ite power in southern Iraq. Shi'ite police in the region have been conducting sometimes deadly sect-based operations against Sunni residents for months, he says, and local politics have devolved into "a fractured mess" delinked from national political parties. "The coming British cuts in many ways reflect the political reality that the British `lost' the south more than a year ago," Cordesman, who has traveled to the region frequently, writes in a Wednesday analysis from his office at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The Shi'ites will take over, Iranian influence will probably...