Fear itself: it's not the terrorist attack that threatens the economy; it's the timing

Article Abstract:

The US economy was headed into a recession long before the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, despite the Federal Reserve's repeated interest rate cuts. Japan's descent into a liquidity trap of zero interest rates, and the possibility that the US could follow Japan into a seemingly irreversible slump, are analyzed.

Public Finance Activities, Fiscal Policy, Analysis, Economic aspects, History, Cover Story, Economic policy, Monetary policy, Recessions, Liquidity (Finance), Great Depression, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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Season of the witch: America's best-known sorcerers let the caldron bubble

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A humorous presentation of the position of witches in society is presented by a fictitious interview with three famous Hollywood witches, Samantha of 'Bewitched,' Glinda of 'The Wizard of Oz' and Sabrina of 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.'

Humor and anecdotes, Witches

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Being Ichiro: a season spent studying baseball's most elusive right fielder

Article Abstract:

The phenomenon of Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki's spectacular rookie season as an American player is much easier to understand than his taciturn personality and inscrutable reserve.

International aspects, Interview, Popular culture, Baseball players, Suzuki, Ichiro

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