FLASH: Summers Withdraws (Reply #54) - Democratic Underground

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Sun Sep 15, 2013, 05:02 PM

54. FLASH: Summers Withdraws

per Karl Denninger:
On the wires: Summers has told Obama he does not want the Fed Chief job.
This ought to be interesting given that he was widely considered to be "the one."
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Weekend Economists Celebrate September 13-15, 2013 [View all]	Demeter	Sep 2013	OP
In Honor of Lehman's, we have two banks failed	Demeter	Sep 2013	#1
Where are student radicals today?	DemReadingDU	Sep 2013	#2
One right here.	Fuddnik	Sep 2013	#6
Nice job!	DemReadingDU	Sep 2013	#10
Just gotta watch myself.	Fuddnik	Sep 2013	#16
Obama Appoints Bain & Co Consultant to Top Post	xchrom	Sep 2013	#3
I think he does it to taunt us	Demeter	Sep 2013	#18
US retail sales growth slower than expected in August	xchrom	Sep 2013	#4
We are all supposed to go out and spend our income decreases	Demeter	Sep 2013	#19
Spanish public debt reaches record level	xchrom	Sep 2013	#5
It Doesn't Make Much Sense To Invest Like The Dow	xchrom	Sep 2013	#7
The Dow has been irrelevant for a long time.	Fuddnik	Sep 2013	#8
sharknado!	xchrom	Sep 2013	#9
The market is a rigged casino	DemReadingDU	Sep 2013	#21
IMF WARNS: China Is Taking Ever Greater Risks And Putting The Financial System In Danger	xchrom	Sep 2013	#11
That's funny, coming from the IMF!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#17
Economic Collapse Seen Through Aerial Photos of Abandoned Mansions	Demeter	Sep 2013	#12
Speaker Boehner Really Mad About Putin's Op-Ed (DANZIGER)	Demeter	Sep 2013	#13
If you're a mother, you are on duty until you die	Demeter	Sep 2013	#14
The Snare of High Tech (TOM TOLLES)	Demeter	Sep 2013	#15
Friday was such a rolling catastrophe that I never even got to the email	Demeter	Sep 2013	#20
Obamacare Doublethink PAUL KRUGMAN	Demeter	Sep 2013	#22
Musical Interlude	hamerfan	Sep 2013	#23
Musical Interlude II	hamerfan	Sep 2013	#24
EXCELLENT CHOICES, HAMERFAN!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#27
Just these perennial favorites (for now, anyway)	hamerfan	Sep 2013	#29
Those will never go out of style, alas!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#31
Warnings about the economy from people you should listen to by Fabius Maximus	Demeter	Sep 2013	#25
Revealed: State Colleges Giving Wealthy Kids More Financial Aid Than Poor Kids	Demeter	Sep 2013	#26
I remember when that hapened	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#28
Musical Interlude III	hamerfan	Sep 2013	#30
Tomorrow is the big day! Get your hat, and glitter and confetti ready!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#32
The Economist Falls Under Merkel's Spell	xchrom	Sep 2013	#33
1. The Economist does not like 'leftists' (editorial line supports 'free markets'	Ghost Dog	Sep 2013	#41
+1	xchrom	Sep 2013	#42
+ The Economist dates back to the beginning of big banking. Here's Bagehot (1873):	Ghost Dog	Sep 2013	#44
EU spending cuts to hit Portugal's poor	xchrom	Sep 2013	#34
Cyprus eyes investors, may not need full privatization-president	xchrom	Sep 2013	#35
Summers cancels Citi events, while Fed chief decision pending	xchrom	Sep 2013	#36
Too little, too late Larry	Demeter	Sep 2013	#46
U.S. retail sales, consumer confidence point to soft economy	xchrom	Sep 2013	#37
Budget deficit shrinks in August from year earlier	xchrom	Sep 2013	#38
Existing-Home Sales Probably Declined: U.S. Economy Preview	xchrom	Sep 2013	#39
Companies Use IRS to Raise Bonuses With Earnings Goals	xchrom	Sep 2013	#40
WTF?	Demeter	Sep 2013	#47
MIT's Andrew Lo Explains Why Hedge Funds Are Incentivized To Decimate Capital	xchrom	Sep 2013	#43
James Gabraith, Neil Barofsky, and John Coffee Discuss Lessons from Lehman Meltdown	antigop	Sep 2013	#45
Thanks for that! No, it isn't posted. You are the first!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#48
Calvin explains exactly how we got into this mess	Demeter	Sep 2013	#49
Musical Interlude IV	hamerfan	Sep 2013	#50
IN CONCLUSION: 5 years after Lehman, Americans still angry at Wall Street--POLL	Demeter	Sep 2013	#51
THE POLL RESULTS	Demeter	Sep 2013	#52
THAT'S A WRAP, FOLKS	Demeter	Sep 2013	#53
FLASH: Summers Withdraws	DemReadingDU	Sep 2013	#54
Now we have something POSITIVE to celebrate!	Demeter	Sep 2013	#55

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