How the Internet is going to save lives in developing countries

Few days ago I talked to my friends about Kiva, an idea that I realy find amazing.
For those of you who don’t know what Kiva is, that’s basically a way of helping people in poor and very poor countries to set a business, by providing access to cheap loans.
Many famous people have expressed enthusiasm about [...]

Bernanke: Fed is prepared for crisis

Chicago Tribune: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, speaking in Chicago on Friday, said the Fed is prepared to handle the next financial crisis.
“Yogi Berra reminded us that prediction is very hard, especially about the future,” Bernanke told a convention of economists and finance experts. “In that spirit, the Federal Reserve continues to work actively [...]

Eurozone jobless rate falls to 13-year low

Eurozone unemployment fell to its lowest since 1993 in November and business morale remained strong last month, data showed, pointing to healthy economic growth and boosting expectations of interest rate rises.

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TSB: The Well-Read Economist

An informal survey of the Carnegie Mellon Economics and Finance Faculty resulted in the following list of books which individual faculty members consider insightful and readable in the fields of Economics and Finance.

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