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Yeah, Bernanke’s Back

January 29, 2010 – 11:28 am

Bernanke’s back, the State of the Union is one long chiding of the country, and the markets continue their turmoil on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets, your weekly podcast on politics and the economy with Francis Cianfrocca.

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Nearing an Inflection Point?

December 3, 2009 – 9:31 am

Market participants will pay very close attention to two key upcoming readings on employment. This morning, the Labor Department reports initial claims for unemployment for last week. And tomorrow, they’ll give the initial reading (subject to revision) on job creation in November. A sense is growing that the readings will surprise on the upside, and show an employment picture that is improving slowly but steadily, suggesting that economic conditions are finally on the mend.

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Will America’s Economic Troubles Prevent Future Afghanistans?

December 1, 2009 – 9:57 am

What if a future President wants to go to war or ship more troops overseas to protect American interests, but can’t because China won’t let him? Could this actually happen? We’ll discuss Niall Ferguson’s latest and the dangerous foreign policy ramifications of America’s current path on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets.

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Capitalism and Culture: The War on Wall Street

October 16, 2009 – 8:25 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast covers the debate over capitalism in America, particularly focusing on AEI President Arthur Brooks’ thesis about the way voters perceive the crisis and what it means for capitalism’s future.

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Gold For Oil?

October 6, 2009 – 9:03 am

In response to this Robert Fisk report on ending dollars for oil, a couple of interesting things come up. Of course the Saudis denied it immediately.

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Why Does Comcast Want to Buy NBC-Universal?

October 1, 2009 – 8:43 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the latest news from the markets, the potential Comcast deal with GE for NBC-Universal, and its ramifications for the broader media space.

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Why Can’t Governments Borrow Forever?

September 29, 2009 – 6:30 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast focuses on the latest news from the markets, the reelection of Angela Merkel in Germany, a discussion on inflation and sucker’s rallies, and the question: why can’t the government just keep borrowing forever?

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Bernanke’s Back!

August 25, 2009 – 8:25 am

Francis Cianfrocca joins Ben Domenech for the Tuesday, August 25th edition of Coffee & Markets, a series of brief morning podcasts on politics and the marketplace. Today’s podcast focuses on the renomination of Ben Bernanke, the ramifications for the markets, and what it says about President Obama that he’s renominating so many of George W. Bush’s appointees.

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The Markets and Policy Manifesto

March 22, 2009 – 3:39 pm

Free markets and free trade are good. But society as a whole has a say in how to use the material well-being that free markets produce.

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Podcast: Long Term Predictions

February 27, 2009 – 11:13 am

Let’s say that President Obama gets even a small part of what he promised in the SOTU. We’re talking about massive distortions in incentives and even in basic industrial efficiency – about rolling back the industrial revolution, which would be the net effect of making energy vastly more expensive and tripling taxes on driving.

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The Grand Bargain

February 24, 2009 – 9:34 am

The essential challenge for the United States is to simultaneously achieve two things that, in conventional ideology, are incompatible. These are to fulfill society’s promise of affordable necessities and comfortable retirement for all, and also to preserve America’s culture of freedom and economic opportunity, where anyone can get rich.

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