Posts Tagged ‘AEA’

Trouble for BofA; Cash for Gaza?

(1) More bad news for Bank of America: Earlier this week Bloomberg and other outlets reported on the settlement that has BofA paying Fannie/Freddie $2.8 billion, “after the U.S.-owned firms demanded the company buy back mortgages they said were based on faulty data.”  This kind of news, along with WikiLeaks’ claim (which we’ve reported here ...Read more.

A Code of Ethics for Economists

A quick holiday post: Hat-tip to KH about Gerald Epstein’s effort to get economists to adopt a code of ethics at the upcoming Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, January 6th through 9th.  (These are mainly the American Economics Association meetings, but I love how the name of the umbrella association makes it sound as if ...Read more.

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