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A Visit to a Food Desert. ~ Kimberly Lo
Why We're Losing the Battle of the Bulge.
I headed down to North Carolina this past weekend to spend some time with one of my oldest and dearest friends.
Even though I grew up there and consider myself a Carolina girl, this was only my second visit in the past 12 years. In many ways, things were exactly as I remembered them. One new change I noticed was the size of many people. Most of them were obese. Not overweight, not hefty, but clinically obese.
One night, as my friend was ordering dinner from a pizza chain, I asked if there were any farmers' markets or Whole Foods in the area. She replied that there was neither, and that the nearest Whole Foods was an hour away in Charlotte. She remarked at the irony of the situation: here we were in rural western NC surrounded by land that for centuries had been used primarily for raising food, and there was no local food to be found. What could be found as far as the eye could see were fast food chains and take away places offering deals to feed a family of four for well under $20 and unlimited soda refills.
Yes, I was back home in the land of the deep South and deep fried—and the physiques of the people reflected that.
It's not a secret that there is an obesity epidemic in the U.S. It seems that not a week goes by that a major news outlet does not carry a story about it. It's become a mantra that Americans in general need to eat less, exercise more, and make healthy food choices, but how does one accomplish the last one when the privilege to make this choice doesn't exist?
Eating well in this country has increasingly become a class issue. As comedian/social pundit Bill Maher claimed in a recent blog post, there is a sort of "food racism." He notes that "from a nutritional standpoint the poor and the rich weren't that far apart. Everybody got their cows and their chickens from the same farms. But then came the rise of factory farming, and chemical agriculture"…
"For a few decades, this was seen as "progress," and even rich people bought this crap. But slowly an entire alternative agricultural system began to spring up that catered exclusively to rich people. Organic produce, grass-feed beef, artisan cheeses, unpasteurized milk, farmer's markets, restaurants that tell you where the chicken came from and how many acres it had to run around in…"
Maher is correct.
As someone who uses "the alternative agriculture system" he describes, I know firsthand that 1. it can be expensive to eat healthy and 2. eating well also requires having the education to prepare the food properly and many people—both rich and poor—simply do not have this. Preparing food from scratch requires a certain amount of time as well. If someone is working long hours and/or multiple jobs it is far easier to throw a prepared processed meal in the microwave than make something from scratch. It used to be a joke but at the attorney's office I worked at years ago, it was not uncommon to see the associates pack on the pounds given their massive workloads and lack of free time to cook or exercise. The shared refridgerator was full of ready-made-frozen entrees. Given that these were relatively well-off, educated people, what does this say about the majority of people I grew up in rural North Carolina?
Unfortunately, there is little sympathy in this society for fat people. Although many healthcare professionals consider obesity a disease, there is a common idea that the obese have control over what they eat and what they lack is willpower rather than healthy food choices or education.
Making fun of fat people is the last acceptable forms of discrimination around. Many people I know, who would never dream of making fun of someone on the basis of racial, ethnic or religious background, have no problems making fun of fat people. One acquaintance recently confided that they "disgust" him. This same person went on to say that despite living on a limited income, he always made sure to buy good healthy food.
This is all well and good, but not everyone has the options and knowledge that he has.
On a personal note, I grew up in a similar food desert over 200 miles away from my best friend in eastern NC. I lived on a diet of processed food and sugary drinks courtesy of my mother, and it was not until I was living on my own at college that I became the health nut that I am today. Had I not had the opportunities I had, chances are I would have ended up overweight and possibly diabetic like my mother.
As the mother of a toddler, I do not allow my daughter to have soda and to the amazement of many of my friends, she has never set foot inside a fast food restaurant. With that said, I do not consider myself a superior parent nor do I believe that my style of parenting gives me a right to look down on those who allow their children to eat and drink the sort of things I grew up on. Rather, I consider myself fortunate to be in the position I am to live this sort of lifestyle, and I am lucky to live in an affluent area with access to several farmers' markets and upscale grocery stores. Lastly, I don't have to choose between paying my electric bill or buying groceries.
Again, I am lucky.
Like many problems that this country faces, there is no easy solution to the obesity epidemic. Giving everyone who is morbidly obese gastric bypass surgery is not going to fix the problem, nor is it a solution to lecture them on exercising more and eating more more fruits and vegetables. (Frankly, even I am sick of hearing that last one, because it is so much easier said than done for the reasons mentioned.)
I do not know what the solution is, but giving everyone access to inexpensive, healthy food—as well as not placing blame on the victims—is a start.
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13 Responses to "A Visit to a Food Desert. ~ Kimberly Lo"
This was a great piece, and you hit the nail on the head with this one! We all need access to inexpensive healthy food. This should be a top priority of government.
Thank you! I was just bringing this issue up in a recent discussion.
Thanks! It really is becoming more and more of a class issue. Morbidly obese people are overwhelmingly poor in the US.
As the aforementioned best friend, we would have had better luck with great produce at the farmer's markets that are available later in the year. In June, fresh produce, most of which is local and some organic, can be had very easily. What concerns me the most is not the inability to find good produce in the winter/early spring. This is a problem that existed for centuries before the advent of modern transportation, without the obesity problems that we are currently facing here in the US. The problem, as you pointed out, is in the education. So many people have NO idea where their food comes from. And I don't mean which farm produced it. They literally don't know anything about food, in general. Hamburger comes from grocery stores or fast food chains, not from cows. Our dependency on corporate farms becomes evident when a storm threat can decimate a grocery store. Our grandparents did not have Whole Foods or organic farmers markets from which to purchase their food. They grew it themselves, and preserved it either by freezing or canning or dehydrating. So that in the months when gardening wasn't an option, they had the goodness of the garden put away. This skill was learned from your parents and passed on to your children. But we have stopped learning. We have distanced ourselves from our food source, and that is the crux of the issue. The good news is that I am seeing a change in my area. What I am seeing here, in an area where there are no organic grocery stores and year round farmer's markets, is a resurgence of people who are looking to reaquire the ability and skills necessary to grow their own food. People who are committed to the lifestyle changes that are required to go to work and come home to weed the garden and collect the eggs and feed the chickens. People who will spend the late hours of the summer picking produce from plants that they have nurtured and then "put up" that produce by canning or freezing or dehydrating. People who will sit down to a meal that they grew with their own hands. Who not only know where the chicken on their plate comes from, but watched it hatch from its egg. I think that society as a whole is done a great disservice if our food education stops at what to buy at the grocery store. Inexpensive, locally grown, organic food for all is a wonderful thought, but not remotely practical if we aren't teaching people how to grow it themselves. "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
ITA with you!
I completely disagree with this article in so many ways. Good food cost money because it requires more money to grow it organically. Perhaps the reason that their is not a farmers market or a Whole Foods (by the way…these are not everywhere-even in California), is because there is no need. There is a group of people who do not care to eat healthy. Be it that they are not educated or whatever the reason, they consciously decide not to. I live in a very poor part of California with a lot of drugs. About a year ago we had a wonderful, organic store that opened up-it didn't last 6 months. The one thing that I heard around town over and over again, was "It's so expensive-they have (blank, blank) at Walmart for a dollar less"!
People-IT"S NOT DISCRIMINATION that is stopping people from eating healthy-it's stupidity!!!! If you want to eat good, nutritious food, then you might have to pay a dollar more to have it grown without help from chemicals and shipped 2,000 miles. The reality is the people who are buying the 2$ steaks and chicken nuggets at the fast food places are their own problem-there is solutions. When as a society are we going to stop making excuses for everyone's behavior and blaming something or someone else??
Actually, you don't have to eat organically to eat healthy.
Your comment about the store closing illustrates my point. If you were on a limited budget, then it WOULD make more sense to go to Wal-Mart. If you are not in a position to have to chose between the rent and food, then paying more for quality food is something you can do. It seems like you missed the point of my article.
This was not about making excuses, but pointing out the reality of food deserts and the increasing amount of food segregation. (BTW, I never said farmer's markets or Whole Foods were everywhere. It's actually the opposite of what I said.) The fact is, obesity IS a national problem with real consequences to our healthcare system. You talk about solutions yet, I see none offered. A lot of making the right choices has to do with education and know how. Saying it's "stupidity" does nothing to tackle the problem as far as I see it. Nor is it true. Ignorance is not the same as stupidity.
I am on a VERY limited budget and I do choose to spend the extra money on healthy food. WHY? Because I am CHOOSING health over other things; clothes, entertainment, etc. Every single month I struggle to pay the mortgage and yet I still find ways to buy healthy food-so no I did not miss your point at all. You do not know what I am talking about when I refer to the people, the same ones that are complaining about the prices, and their lifestyle choices. You can believe what you want to believe, but the truth is there are people who do not care about their health because I see it everyday. To me it is a sad and careless action to call label this discrimination. All in all, it is our own choices that will determine our health. Wherever you are in the world there are options, to say that certain areas are discriminated against because they don't have access to fresh food-to me, is completely false. I believe that if there is a legitimate need and want, it would be there. The truth is, the areas that do not have access to these fresh foods choose not too and would rather have access to the drive through.
It appears you have the education/knowledge to make the right choices for yourself. You may give up certain things but at the end of the day, you can still cover the necessities of life. Many do not have this option at all. That was a major point of the post. There ARE food deserts. They exist-you can actually click on the links in the article to see where they are. You claim you see people everyday "who do not care about their health". How can you know that is the case and not a case that they do not have the necessary knowledge or the money? Also, in many places in the world, people don't even have access to fresh drinking water so for you to claim that "wherever you are in the world there are options" is wholly untrue.
You are against fat discrimination, yet you post anonymous "scare photos" of fat women from behind? For shame! If I recognized my ass as your illustration for obesity, I would be so angry, both because you are negative objectifying bodies, and not paying models. Shame.
I actually had nothing whatsoever to do with the photo that was chosen. I originally submitted the article with a tasteful photo of President Taft. If you look at the bottom, you can see the photo credit, and it is not me. Not to sound snarky, but please look at the photo credit before you start shaming me or anyone and accusing them of 1. taking the pictures 2. not paying the models. FWIW, I do not know if the models were paid or not or if this was a staged photo or not.
One side of my brain becomes so disgusted at seeing obese people, "They are such slobs and don't care what they look like or what they do to the American image. They have no self control and are so ignorant they couldn't tie their own shoes if they wanted to." The other side of my brain looks at them as "beings of God" with no judgment. "They are people and should enjoy life to the fullest. Everyone is the same in the eyes of God." If an obese person bothers you who has the problem, the obese person or you?
Weather or not you eat food from Whole Foods has little to do with what you weigh. Eat too much natural peanut butter from Whole Foods and you gain weight. You can eat from McDonalds all day, every day, and still be thin. Just don't eat such large portions! And skip the soda! Ever heard of counting calories? I hope you aren't insinuating that those who live in so called "food deserts" are uneducated to the point that they can't do basic math and that they don't know that sugar is bad for you.


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Nie Haisheng
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|13 October 1964 (age 50)
Zaoyang, Hubei
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|Major General, PLAAF
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Nie Haisheng (simplified Chinese: 聂海胜; traditional Chinese: 聶海勝; pinyin: Niè Hǎishèng; born 13 October 1964) is a Chinese military pilot and CNSA astronaut (yuhangyuan).
Military career[edit]
Nie was born in Yangdang town of Zaoyang, Hubei Province. After graduating from high school he joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force and became a fighter pilot. During his training at the PLAAF's No. 7 Flying School he was:[citation needed]
- Commander of a flight squadron
- Deputy Commander of a group
- Master navigator
Nie graduated in 1987 and continued his career in the PLAAF.
On 12 June 1989 while flying at 13,000 feet (4000 m) his plane suffered an explosion and he lost his engine. The plane began to spin to the ground and the cabin began to heat up. Trying to regain control he waited until the plane was 1300 to 1700 feet (400 to 500 meters) before choosing to eject. For his handling of the situation he was honored with third-class merit.[citation needed]
Prior to Shenzhou 10, Nie had attained the rank of Major General.[1]
CNSA career[edit]
In 1998, he was selected for the Chinese spaceflight program and was one of three candidates who were part of the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 flight, China's first manned spaceflight. Yáng Lìwěi was picked for the flight, with Zhai Zhigang ranked second ahead of Niè Hǎishèng.[citation needed]
Nie went into orbit, along with Fèi Jùnlóng (commander), as flight engineer of the Shenzhou 6 flight on 12 October 2005. The mission lasted just under five days.
He was selected to be the commander of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission.[2] In 2013, Nie was selected to command the Shenzhou 10 second manned space mission to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.[3] He became the first officer hold general rank at the time of their launch in the Chinese program with the Shenzhou 10 mission.[4]
He is married to Niè Jiélín (Simplified Chinese: 聂捷琳) and has a daughter born in 1994. During the Shenzhou 6 mission he celebrated his 41st birthday in space.[citation needed]
The asteroid 9517 Niehaisheng was named after him.
See also[edit]
- ^ "General ready for second space mission". SpaceDaily. 11 June 2013.
- ^ Morris Jones (3 April 2013). "Shenzhou's Shadow Crew". Space Daily.
- ^ "Astronauts of Shenzhou-10 mission meet press". Space Daily. 11 June 2013.
- ^ "China's space dream crystallized with Shenzhou-10 launch". SpaceDaily. 16 June 2013.
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- "Road to the space: stories of Niè Hǎishèng". PLA Daily. 22 October 2003.
- "Behind Every Successful Spaceship Launch is a Group of Women". Women of China English Monthly. January 2004.
- "China Prepares for Shenzhou VI Space Flight 13 October - Agency". China News Service. 24 September 2005.
- Niè Hǎishèng at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 22 July 2005.
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Hi Ed & Co.,
I always wanted to tell you this, but always forgot about it. I really love the booklets which come with your albums. The artwork is always fantastic, but what I really like are the lyrics and liner notes. If you take "Sinking Sand" as an example: the liner notes to this song give some important background, which make me listen to it with a completetly different feeling. I also like reading the lyrics and think it's great to be able to do that without needing a computer and the internet. ...just sitting at home in front of my stereo with Enchant cds all around me.
I'm really looking forward to the new album - it'll be released this year, right?
Greetings from Germany,
PS: ...and please come back to Aschaffenburg some day! The last two gigs have been great!
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Hey thanks for the very cool post. I agree about the liner notes history and background. When the music and lryics are deep and meaningful it deserves this. A GREAT IDEA that Doug came up with. He can elaborate more on this but I thought it was a great touch, and important to people. Thomas Ewerhard is the amazing artist
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As for the new one we are taking a little more time to make it something special. Our original hope was to have it out in 2005 but this might be longer.
Aschaffenburg is one of our very favorite stops so the odds of us returning there are really good, what a great venue and people. Yes the last two shows there were very memorable. Close to our hearts.
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Thomas Ewerhard does hell of a job. His work on Enchant's booklets is incredible. Also check out what he did on Vanden Plas's Beyond Daylight *A-MA-ZING !
@ topic : my fave booklet from Thomas for Enchant is definitely the Limited Edition for Blink Of An Eye.
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Thanks a lot for the quick answer, Ed!
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Yeah, the booklets are quite beautiful. My favourite is Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10.
Liner Notes are a very good idea, with more background the music and lyrics have a bigger effect on me!
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the booklets in the special-editions, released before the tour, are very informative. thank you guys for that, and also for sharing the demo-recordings and bonus-tracks!
i have a question, though, about the regular and limited edition of "blink of an eye": should it have a booklet with lyrics?
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Got me on that one Patricia, I don,t have one in front of me but I want to say it did? I think they all do actually? Pretty funny I can, not remember hah? I just remember that one had Prognosis and one did not? A Fire and Water version.
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I have the digipack version of "Blink Of An Eye". It has "Prognosis" as a bonus track and yes: there are the lyrics inside.
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My edition, has lyrics in it, but I miss "Prognosis". I bought it the day it was released, and a few days later I heard there was a special edition!
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i almost forgot to check out the "blink" version i have. it's without prognosis and the booklet inside isn't a "booklet", but more like a four-page flyer without lyrics. the disc has "fire" on it.
so, is it only the special edition that has a full booklet with lyrics etc.? if so, then i gots ta get me the special edition!
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Archaeologists have uncovered a possible Viking settlement, on what was once an island in Dublin's Temple Bar.
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A number of events planned in celebration of Temple Bar's 20th anniversary have been moved to other spaces in Temple Bar. Viking settlements have also been discovered further up the River Liffey.
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its in a lot of halo fan movies but i have no idea what its from it sounds a lot like somthin outta the matrix but im 99% sure its not. the last time i saw it in the credits the guy called the title RFAD does anyone know wtf that means?
Deleted User8/3/2005 4:44:39 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HK 117 It is called "Follow: First Movement of the Odessey" by incubus[/quote] Sorry guys, thought u meant episode 1 my bad. the above quote is false.
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|Successful treatment of four patients with recalcitrant vaginal trichomoniasis with a combination of zinc sulfate douche and metronidazole therapy.
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|BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is no certain cure available for patients suffering from recalcitrant trichomoniasis. Zinc sulfate is reported to have antitrichomonal properties. We report our experience in treating four patients empirically with a combination of zinc sulfate douche and metronidazole. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective case analysis. Patients who presented to the tertiary referral clinic with chronic recurrent trichomoniasis without evidence of reinfection were treated empirically with a combination of zinc sulfate douching (1%) followed by a metronidazole 500 mg suppository per vaginale twice daily and 200 to 400 mg three times a day orally. The douching and suppository were used prophylactically for 3 nights after menstruation for some months. RESULTS: Four patients who had a history of 4 months to 4 years of culture-positive symptomatic trichomoniasis and received a variety of therapies before referral were treated successfully. At the review of 2 to 5 months after therapy, all had remained asymptomatic and the results of clinical and laboratory examinations were normal. CONCLUSIONS: The exact role of zinc sulfate douching in the successful outcome is not certain, but the combination therapy requires only a moderate dose of metronidazole (1.6-2.2 g/day), avoiding the side effects of larger doses. The combination therapy therefore merits further evaluation.
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This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery. Please follow the links below for related online resources or visit our current exhibitions schedule.English artist John Constable (1776–1837) regarded the six foot-long landscapes that he began to paint in 1818–1819 as his most serious and significant achievements. This exhibition will focus on these great paintings and the full-size oil sketches for them. To create such large-scale works, Constable found he needed an intermediate stage between his small oil studies and the final painting, and he chose to work out the diverse elements of the large compositions on a full-size canvas. The oil sketches he made in preparation for the final paintings are remarkable works in their own right. Some of Constable's greatest and most famous paintings are in the exhibition, including The Hay Wain (1820–1821), View on the Stour near Dedham (1822), The Leaping Horse (1825), and Hadleigh Castle (1829). The catalyst for the exhibition was the recent cleaning of the oil sketch for the first six-foot painting The White Horse, which Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819. The cleaning of this sketch, which is in the National Gallery's collection, has revealed nothing less than a lost masterpiece under layers of disfiguring 19th-century repaint. A fully illustrated scholarly catalogue, discussing the nature and special character of these paintings, their place in the modern landscape tradition, and the context of Constable's art, will accompany the exhibition.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Tate Britain, London, and the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California.
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Kelly Joe Phelps, Majestic Theater, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, (September 26, 2003)
Kelly Joe Phelps once again wove his bluesy spell on this unseasonally warm night in September. With a small audience of perhaps 100 or so, due to last-minute promotion and poor scheduling of the event on one of the busiest weekends of the year, Phelps amply rewarded the faithful fans who turned out.
We weren't expecting an opening act, but one had been added at the last minute. Happily, it turned out to be the Missoula, Montana-based singer-songwriter John Floridis, who did just what an opener is supposed to do: act as an appetizer for the main course. Floridis bounced onto the stage wearing shorts, t-shirt and Birkenstock sandals, looking like a thirty-something guy who'd been pulled from a backyard cookout and thrust into the spotlight. Thirty seconds into his first number, however, he dispelled any notions of amateurism: Floridis is a master at Kottke-style fingerpicked guitar, to which he adds his own very percussive and ornate stylings. He plays almost a clawhammer-style on the downstroke, giving his songs a strong sense of rhythm. His hands are all over the instrument; tapping, tickling and strumming the strings from the bridge to the top of the neck, playing it almost like a harp one moment, like a bongo drum the next. Floridis has an understated vocal style, and his songs were mostly typical folk fare, but his instrumental prowess clearly won over the crowd.
After a short break during which quite a few Floridis CDs were sold, Kelly Joe Phelps took to the smallish stage. He looked more well-fed than on any of the previous three times I've seen him, and he's still shy with the audience, even though he no longer hides under the bill of a cap when he plays. Phelps doesn't interact with the audience much, and he doesn't play from a setlist. What you get is the man, his guitar, his smoky voice and his tapping feet, and it's always enough.
Phelps, a former jazz bassist, has increased the complexity and depth of his guitar music with each album. His Ryko debut, Roll Away the Stone, leaned heavily on gospel influences. Its follow-up, 1999's excellent Shine Eyed Mister Zen, explored delta blues like "Dock Boggs Country Blues" and traditional folk like Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene" and the trad "House Carpenter," and added a number of strong self-compositions, particularly "River Rat Jimmy" and "Capman Bootman." After two almost entirely solo albums, Sky Like a Broken Clock enlisted a blues trio, and his latest outing, Slingshot Professionals, includes a full band and a host of guest musicians and ventures further into jazz territory.
Phelps opened with two from Mister Zen,"River Rat Jimmy" and the haunting "Katy," and a deconstructed version of "Capman" came mid-set. But the night focused on numbers from Slingshot Professionals. Even though he was playing solo, his arrangements delved deep into the jazz side of the blues, with lots of free-flowing improvisation. The influence of Northwest jazz guitarist Bill Frissell, who guests on the album, was evident especially on the wistfully nostalgic "Cardboard Box of Batteries."
On "Jericho," the setting was Appalachian, and "Knock Louder" was jazzy folk, backed by a deep delta blues lick. He did one encore, the touching "Waiting for Marty," and the lights came up on a 90-minute set that went far too quickly.
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Does Bank Regulation Even Work?
June 16, 2009
With the administration set to unveil plans for regulating the securitization process (details of which are available here), it's worth taking a look back at how already-regulated banks performed during the subprime boom. In a paper put out earlier this year, a group of economists compared the quality of loans originated by regulated vs. non-regulated mortgage lenders. In the former group were megabanks and thrifts while in the latter were independent lenders like the now-defunct Ameriquest.
Worth Reading
June 15, 2009
$230 billion budget gap projected for U.S. states in 2011. Geithner and Summers outline plans for overhauling financial regulation. The data support Krugman in his debate with Ferguson. Is Germany headed for a Japan-style "lost decade"? Foreigners are cutting back demand for U.S. financial assets. --Zubin Jelveh
Is The Dollar Doomed To Crash?
June 15, 2009
Despite signs that the U.S. has avoided a repeat of the 1930's, it may be unrealistic to get overly optimistic about the country's economic future. That's the message from Nobel economist Paul Samuelson, who fears that the U.S. dollar is in for a dramatic fall: Up until now, China has been willing to hold her recycled resources in the form of lowest-yield U.S. Treasury bills. That's still good news. But almost certainly it cannot and will not last. Some day -- maybe even soon -- China will turn pessimistic on the U.S. dollar. That means lethal troubles for the future U.S.
Worth Reading
June 12, 2009
Dow turns positive for 2009. A successful Fed could see its powers reduced. Soros wants to ban credit default swaps. Length of the average work week at its lowest since 1964. Did two men really manage to steal $134.5 billion in Treasuries? (Probably not) Top Manhattan girl's school downgraded by Moody's. -- Zubin Jelveh
The Economics Of High-end Prostitution
June 12, 2009
"Eliot Spitzer's recent involvement with an escort cost him not only the governorship of New York, but also some $1,000 an hour. What allows a high-end prostitute to charge a wage comparable to a top attorney, despite working in a market characterized by minimal skill requirements, little product differentiation, and non-existent barriers to entry?" That's the opening of a fascinating new working paper by Lena Edlund of Columbia University and Joseph Engelberg and Christopher Parsons of UNC-Chapel Hill investigating the high-end escort market.
Worth Reading
June 11, 2009
Have mortgage and credit credit delinquincies peaked? Some lawmakers lost big in the financial crisis. The real deflation-adjusted interest rate could be close to 4.5%. What country has had the most cases of swine flu? Does monetary policy impact inflation in the short-run? --Zubin Jelveh
Financial Innovation: Were There Any Benefits At All?
June 11, 2009
In a post on credit card regulation, James Kwak at The Baseline Scenario asserts that financial innovation did little to make charge cards cheaper: If innovation doesn't give us new products, does it at least give us the same product at a lower price? Not so much.
Worth Reading
June 10, 2009
Government spending and inflation don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. Oakland faces a possible bankruptcy. Emails show the Fed thought Bank of America's Lewis was "reckless." Geithner and Bair clash over Citi. Goldman CEO has doubts about the recovery. Help the government make its data more useful. -- Zubin Jelveh
Using Google To Pick Stocks
June 10, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote about some new research showing how tracking search trends on Google can improve forecasts of economic activity. Doing a little more digging after the post, I realized that Google had made the same point back in April. This paper by Google economists Hal Varian and Hyunyoung Choi demonstrates that the simplest of forecasting models for things like car sales, home sales, and travel were improved by accounting for search trends. Perhaps more importantly, Varian and Choi argue that query data may help economists identify very hard-to-spot turning points.
Worth Reading
June 09, 2009
The administration is pulling back from its overhaul of financial regulatory agencies. The House will subpoena the Fed on the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch deal. What men's undies can tell us about the state of the economy. The Fed won't ask for the right to issue debt. Will Treasury allow banks to underpay for warrants? --Zubin Jelveh


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"Since September 11, 2001, the United States has experienced a 17 percent decline in overseas travel, costing America 94 billion dollars in lost visitor spending, nearly 200,000 jobs and 16 billion dollars in lost tax revenue," the Discover America advocacy campaign said in a statement.From a traveler's point of view, this makes no sense. The dollar is weak compared to foreign currencies so the US is a travel bargain and a half and our country has traditionally been a favorite destination. So how to explain the tourist deficit?
Sully offers up a clue this morning.
Another sign of what's going on: some big-name Finnish musicians come to Minnesota for a music tour. One is allegedly the "Bruce Springsteen" of Finland. They've done nothing wrong. But this is what they get at the airport:This is of course, just one of all too many similar incidents. Word gets out and few recreational travelers will choose to spend their turodollars for a chance to be treated like terrorists, and possibly even denied entry, when there are so many countries that offer a warmer welcome. Heck, I haven't left the US myself since Bush took office because, as my friend Barry Crimmins would say, I don't want to become of victim of such inane foreign policy when I try to get back in.
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Tourism down on terroristic tactics
Posted by Libby Spencer at 11/03/2007 10:56:00 AM
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