11 Jul, 2008
links for 2008-07-11
Posted by: Rob Bluey In: On My Radar
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Google Trends says the Heritage Foundation is winning the battle for traffic among prominent Think Tank websites, followed by the Cato Institute, Brookings and then the Center for American Progress.
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Open good, closed bad. This maxim coined in the early Internet era should guide the debate on the appropriate use of Web 2.0 and social media sites in Congress that’s erupted in the last 48 hours.
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Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are behemoths whose financial health is fairly precarious. As the market knows, both need tens of billions of dollars more in capital than they have. Monday’s stock-price drop is a warning.