Real Estate Crisis and A little American Studies http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org "One of America's Great Classroom Blogs" : The Former American Studies 313 & 450 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How Fannie — and You — Bought a Hapless House http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/09/28/how-fannie-and-you-bought-a-hapless-house-2/ How Fannie — and You — Bought a Hapless House http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/09/28/how-fannie-and-you-bought-a-hapless-house/ Economic Gloom Envelops Britain http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/09/12/economic-gloom-envelops-britain-2/ Economic Gloom Envelops Britain http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/09/12/economic-gloom-envelops-britain/ What I Saw in America: How About that Free Market? http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/09/05/what-i-saw-in-america-how-about-that-free-market/ An article too good not to pass along http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/25/an-article-too-good-not-to-pass-along/ Blogging sabbatical http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/14/blogging-sabbatical/ Philadelphia-area home sales down, prices mixed | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/12/2008 http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/13/philadelphia-area-home-sales-down-prices-mixed-philadelphia-inquirer-08122008/ Golf Course Communities’ Double Bogey http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/13/golf-course-communities-double-bogey/ Economic Malaise Threatens To Undermine European Unity http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/13/economic-malaise-threatens-to-undermine-european-unity/ Bank Failures Rise but Critics Say Not Fast Enough http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/13/bank-failures-rise-but-critics-say-not-fast-enough/ You think the government is wasting a few billion a year on mass-transit subsidies. But what about the huge subsidies for cars and trucks? – By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/09/you-think-the-government-is-wasting-a-few-billion-a-year-on-mass-transit-subsidies-but-what-about-the-huge-subsidies-for-cars-and-trucks-by-daniel-gross-slate-magazine/ Gas Prices Apply Brakes To Suburban Migration http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/09/gas-prices-apply-brakes-to-suburban-migration/ Fun Demography http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/09/fun-demography/ Follow up in the NYT to the Atlantic http://merkowitz.umwblogs.org/2008/08/09/follow-up-in-the-nyt-to-the-atlantic/