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  • HBO has just released a preview for Too Big To Fail, a film based on the Andrew Ross Sorkin book of (of course) the same name….

  • Measuring happiness is no longer just for Bhutan; The United Kingdom is developing measures of "national well-being," and they're just finishing …

  • A graduate student from London has developed an iPhone app that's part GPS and part mood ring. The new technology comes as the British government…

  • A survey on social "well-being" will give economists — and voters — a new tool for judging their leaders. The British government wants to compile…

  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a new government survey measuring public levels of "ennui," or boredom.

  • France is the latest country to move beyond Gross Domestic Product to measure economic success. And unlike many countries these days, the Frenchare…

  • The Dodd-Frank law is having a big effect on the mortgage market, namely in the future fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  • The Dodd-Frank law is having a big effect on the mortgage market, namely in the future fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac….

  • If you're thinking about buying a house, thank the U.S. government in advance. They guarantee more than 96% of new mortgages — a guarantee that …

  • The mean center of population distribution changes every time the census data is recorded, and it looks to have moved from the past decade.

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