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Month in Review, December 2008: Part 1, looking backward

19 January, 2009 (11:11) | Admin, Month in review | No comments

[Previous Months in Review available here: [Nov 08, Oct 08 Sep  08, Aug 08, Jul 08, Jun 08, May 08, Apr 08, Mar 08, Feb 08, Jan 08]
 

 
During December, the Rockefeller Foundation released an important book, “Century of the City,” in whose creation I had a small hand:
 
Cities matter, and they’re going to matter [...]

Month in Review November 2008

8 January, 2009 (10:58) | Admin | No comments

[Previous Months in Review available here: Oct 08, Sep 08, Aug 08, Jul 08, Jun 08, May 08, Apr 08, Mar 08, Feb 08, Jan 08]
 
During November, we elected a new President – perhaps you heard about it? – and as an AHI exclusive, we offered a personal note from the incumbent, in “Dear Mr. [...]

Month in Review October 2008: Part 2, richer world, more democracy

11 November, 2008 (09:43) | Admin, Month in review | No comments

[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]
 
As we saw in the first half of this post, October was dominated, as several past Octobers have been, by wretched economic news.
 

Stocks fall!  Markets tank!
 
Beyond the short-term evaluations (”we’re all hosed”) –
 

 
– a less inculpatory and more macroeconomic view was provided via Martin Wolf of the Financial Times, in Awash [...]

Month in Review October 2008: Part 1, “we’re all hosed”

10 November, 2008 (16:23) | Admin, Month in review | No comments

Previous Months in Review available here: Sep 08, Aug 08, Jul 08, Jun 08, May 08, Apr 08, Mar 08, Feb 08, Jan 08]\
 

We’re here for the deleveraging party
 
For some reason worthy of study either astrological or numismatic, a surprising fraction of the world’s economic slumps have happened in October, including our two most recent: [...]

Month in Review, September 2008: Part 2, everything but the GSEs

24 October, 2008 (08:29) | Admin, Month in review | No comments

[Previous Months in Review available here: Aug 08, Jul 08, Jun 08, May 08, Apr 08, Mar 08, Feb 08, Jan 08]
 
[Continued from yesterday's Part 1]
 
So chock-full of events was September that, like FDR, I’m breaking precedent in times of emergency by going to a two-part Month in Review:
 

If Franklin had respected Washington’s tradition, I’d [...]