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Are you tired of reading angst-ridden and clueless articles about the economy and how John McRaisingCain or Barry O'Bama can fix the economy? I've been getting an education at OpenMarket.org from Hans Bader and John Berlau, both of whom have been writing about the looming economic problems for some time. I can't recommend it enough, and if I were to start quoting the material, the entire blog would be riddled with blockquotes excerpting entire posts from their blog. If you need a sample, read Berlau's defense of short-sellers here.
I'm sure they wouldn't mind, but I still think it's an infringement on intellectual property rights. Just go and read their stuff here. They're like the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of the wild bailout west.
J. Peter Freire is contributing editor of The American Spectator. Freire first came to the Spectator as an intern and editorial assistant under a journalism fellowship from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Since then, he has written for the New York Times, Reason, and Human Events. Prior to returning to The American Spectator, he was editor of Brainwash, an online journal of opinion from America's Future Foundation, worked for the Evans-Novak Political Report, and researched and wrote for the New York Times. Freire studied English Renaissance literature and political science at Cornell University, where he served as senior editor and columnist at the Cornell Review. He is also a 2008 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellow and the CPAC 2009 Journalist of the Year.
You can reach his Twitter page by clicking here, or follow him @JPFreire.