http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/13397/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/medias-top-10-worst-economic-myths-2008 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> By</div> <a href="/author/paul-detrick">Paul Detrick</a> </div> </div> </div> <p ><em>Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2008 list:</em></p> <p > </p> <p >10. Capitalism is dead or dying.</p> <p >9. Gas at $4-a-gallon, blame the oil companies.</p> <p >8. Fannie’s failure</p> <p >7. Barack Obama sends stocks soaring, but not sinking.</p> <p >6. Alternative energy: All gain, no pain</p> <p >5. The economy has a fever and the only prescription is more bailouts.</p> <p >4. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes</p> <p >3. Oil prices will skyrocket to $200 a barrel, gas to $15.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/medias-top-10-worst-economic-myths-2008" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles Business 157morecomparisons abc AIG AlternativeEnergy AutoBailout bailoutfever BarackObama BearStearns BenBernanke BigThree bloomberg capitalismisdead CarolCostello cbs CEO CNBC CNN ErinBurnett ethanol exxonmobil Exxonprofits FannieMae FDR FreddieMac GasPrices GeorgeStephanopoulos GreatDepression greenenergy IBD JeffreySachs JimAxelrod JimCramer killertomatoes LouDobbsTonight MadMoney marketfailure MattLauer MichaelMoore MurrayRothbard NBC NewDeal newnewdeal Obamaeffect oilcartel OilCompanies OilPrices OPEC pro-bailout Rally RichardEngel Rob salmonellascare SquawkBox stockmarket TimeMagazine tomatoindustry Top10 WallStreetJournal WashingtonPost Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:40:45 +0000 admin 25713 at http://archive2.mrc.org