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Understanding the financial crisis
Here is Luigi Zingales, an economist with a plan: Suppose that you bought a house in California in 2006. You paid $400,000 with only 5% down. Unfortunately, during the last two years the value of your house dropped by 30%; thus, you now find yourself with a mortgage worth $380,000 and a house worth $280,000.…
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The decline of newspapers: nothing to do with journalism again
Jeff Jarvis has three shots in his revolver for Paul Farhi, Roy Greenslade and yours truly over at Buzzmachine.
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Journalism’s functions in a democracy
What are the functions of journalism in a democracy? In an article probably drawn from his forthcoming book, Why Democracies Need An Unlovable Press, (order yours now) Michael Schudson gives six:
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Understanding journalism’s complicity in the financial crisis
The normally thorough Howard Kurtz has a piece running entitled Press May Own a Share in Financial Mess. A flavour?