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...system in the U.S. was about $50 billion, which was about 50% of GDP. The banking system and the shadow banking system now are about 150% of GDP. In Britain it's 350% of GDP. The worry is that the financial system has become so large relative to the size of central banks that we've created something of a Frankenstein. No one really knows whether we can handle a financial system that...
...have three-dimensional velocity and more exact measurements" - a huge advancement in the field. The findings debunk the notion that the Milky Way is a little-sister galaxy to her neighbor Andromeda. "They're more like fraternal twins," Reid says. And the fact that they are of equal size increases the likelihood that the two will someday collide. (See the Top 50 space moments since Sputnik...
...that's big enough to cause political peril; no one knows for sure if the stimulus package can be passed in the size or with the speed that economists say the nation needs. Democrats say they want the stimulus to be bipartisan, in part to grant political cover if the bill fails to jump-start the economy. In the House, this is largely an optional position, but in the Senate, where Democrats do not hold a filibuster-proof majority, bipartisanship is required...
...this way, the ground has been laid for the great stimulus fight of 2009. A spending bill of enormous size must be passed with the cooperation of political enemies in a compressed timetable. It is a challenge that will soon dwarf the abilities of Obama to shine in front of cameras on Capitol Hill. On Monday he got to do a victory lap. By the end of the day, the real work will begin...