Whitebergs noter

Son of Hamas: En forbløffende bog. Mosab Yousef var engang den førstefødte søn af Hamas-lederen Hassan Yousef. Så blev han agent for den israelske efterretningstjeneste og konverterede til kristendommen. I denne selvbiografi fortæller han hele den utrolige historie om hvordan han fik nok af krigen og terroren og begyndte at “elske sin næste”. Historien ser [...]

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A song for Paul Krugman (vs. Timothy Geitner).
Geithner’s own words on his plan for a solution for the toxic assets. Grand plans, costly for taxpayers. But it is basically the same political solution to any societal problem that hits a lot of people at the same time: just spread the cost to everybody through taxation [...]

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WSJ editorial on Barack Obama’s Address to Congress (which I found both impressive and vague).
Mr. Obama clearly believes the recession has created a political moment when Americans are frightened enough to be open to a new era of expanded government. The question is whether his vast ambitions will allow the private economy to grow enough [...]

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