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German Zombie Banks
German zombie banks? So says Yalman Onaran in Bloomberg: “European Bank Regulator Imperiled by German Zombie Banks” – also available at BusinessWeek. Sadly, the word “zombie” only appears in the title...
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Zombie Hedge Funds
Zombie funds are illiquid hedge funds. In late May, early June, the SEC announced interest in these funds. See The Wall Street Journal, “Investor Hazard: ‘Zombie Funds’ ” and Reuters via HuffPo:...
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Zombie Buffalo, NY – Real Estate and Baseball
Buffalo, NY is home to two zombie stories; economics and sports. In the Atlantic Cities, Richard Florida wrote yesterday “In Search of a Cure for Zombie Neighborhoods”: So-called “zombie” properties —...
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More zombified cities: Miami, Detroit, Stockton, San Bernardino, Oakland
Business Insider contributor Mike “Mish” Shedlock writes “Zombie City Roundup: Miami, Detroit, Stockton And Oakland“: Space does not permit a complete discussion of zombified cities. Such a list would...
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Economic stimulus is distraction, like zombies to fireworks
Nickolai Hubble in The Daily Reckoning writes “Zombies and Fireworks Aren’t Real” arguing that government stimulus is a light show to distract: The violent zombies are so absorbed by the fireworks they...
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Conservative Zombie Apocalypse @nytimesbusiness
Today Nancy Folbre in New York Times Business wrote “Conservatives and the Zombie Apocalypse“. Folbre is an economics professor, she writes: The basic right-wing story line evokes zombie apocalypse:...
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Zombie Hysterical Lunatic Government Banking Economy
PBS NewsHour: “The Hysterical Economy” by Paul Solman presents ‘A Commentary by Larry Kotlikoff,’ who writes: Economists use different words to describe the economy’s ability to freak out and...
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Fox Business brings back Zombie Economy
Elizabeth MacDonald at Fox Business has just brought the “Zombie Economy” back in a big way in “The Federal Reserve’s Zombie Economy“: U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities is creating lemon...
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Zombies cliché? derp!
At YahooAnswers, user Haidock asked yesterday: “Is this zombie apocalypse idea cliché?” Best Answer from Alex H: “It’s a zombie apocalypse! of course it’s cliché!” But I love the answer of Kenna R: “IS...
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Zombie Quantitative Easing
From The Guardian: “Dr Doom says quantitative easing will create zombie banks, firms and borrowers” by Heather Stewart Nouriel Roubini, the economist dubbed “Dr Doom” for predicting the credit crunch,...
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World War Z and Zombie culture
“Zombies” this week have been busy interpreting Brad Pitt‘s “World War Z” both for how it fits in the zombie genre and in relation to the current cultural milieu. Wired: “Want to Understand a...
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zombie gold standard
Truthout: “Rand Paul’s Zombie-nomics Versus Janet Yellen” by Greg Palast: Will Sen. Rand Paul, misunderstanding the voices of the undead, block the appointment of Janet Yellen to head the Federal...
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