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    What are Open Market Operations?

    economist.com news... what-happens-when-fed-starts-losing-money-other-side-qe Don't quite get it all, but its relevent.
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    Creating New Cities/self-governance?

    Suppose I misunderstood. It sounds like a pretty big deal, the more research you do the better. Personally, I would sieze the opportunity to become the King of Druid Hills. Has a nice ring to it.
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    Creating New Cities/self-governance?

    That's really cool. There is far to much societal stagnation as of the past few hundred years. I hope to see more bottom-up restructuring.
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    What are Open Market Operations?

    That sounds about right from what I've been reading, but what I'm particularly curious about right now is whether The Fed tends to gain or lose on these trades. Does it buy securities at a premium or a loss? Surely the securities would not be placed on the market if they were expected to not...
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    What are Open Market Operations?

    Hahaha. If only you knew.
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    Here's How America's Minimum Wage Stacks Up Against Countries Like India, Russia, Gre

    Can't post URLs yet, so add http and such, crawford.anu.edu.au/public_policy_community/content/doc/Minimum%20wage%20J%20Rob%20Bray%208%20May%202013.pdf Figure 1 shows the estimated real value of the mininum wage through 1907-2007. I believe "real value" means adjusted for inflation. The...
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    What are Open Market Operations?

    I'm trying to learn about the process of money creation, and I'm not quite getting this. Perhaps someone could point me toward a good book about it?
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