Tag: economics
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November 06, 2009 08:18 PM EST --
Members of congress, Democrat and Republican' fell all over each other in their rush to extend the $8,000 first time homebuyer’s credit, even throwing in a $6,500 credit for existing home owners . . .
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October 09, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
The Economist is a respected conservative British publication. It does not bode well for Senator McCain when the October 2nd issue describes his thusly.
"Though quick-witted on the stump, Mr . . .
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October 30, 2009 11:54 AM EDT --
Source
No particular point - draw your own conclusions.
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January 21, 2009 07:13 AM EST --
I woke up at 5:30 this morning thinking about John Maynard Keynes, Jean-Baptiste Say, Paul Krugman and economics.
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October 30, 2009 11:25 AM EDT --
Please see Standard Political Disclaimer (redux)
On Wednesday, Edmunds.com released an analysis of the Cash for Clunkers program comparing actual car sales vs their estimate of . . .
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April 14, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
" an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenues to balance our budget — just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits"
" In . . .
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October 30, 2009 06:13 PM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago I posted a clip from Robert Reich where he
" played the role of a presidential candidate so politically incorrect and tone-deaf as to pummel every sacred cow in sight . . .
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November 04, 2009 08:26 PM EST --
A very good explanation of CDS and how they contributed to the financial meltdown. (It's really not that hard.)
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March 28, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
Under the Obama Budget, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US deficit will be $1.8 trillion in 2009 (4 times the highest deficit under the Bush administration), decline to $658 billion . . .
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October 03, 2009 09:26 AM EDT --
Unemployment is now 9.8%.*
During the Bush administration Democrats talked about jobless recoveries and reminded us that the official unemployment rate did not reflect those who were working . . .
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November 04, 2009 08:05 PM EST --
There is a wonderful set of videos posted by the Khan Academy explaining these financial instruments. (It's not as bad as it looks. At first you will think the video is not working, but don't . . .
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September 23, 2009 04:52 PM EDT --
Interesting analysis of the Baccus Bill by Fortune editor Shawn Tully on CNN.com. According to his math, the Senate bill would
"offer irresistible incentives for America's big employers to dump . . .
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September 09, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
It is a Republican mantra that lower taxes stimulate the economy, which results in higher revenues. While there is certainly anecdotal evidence, I have not found consistent hard data to support this premise. . . .
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September 10, 2008 07:58 PM EDT --
Lately I have been playing with charts of various aspects of the economy and a couple of people have mentioned the national debt.
Here goes!
After World War II, the national debt was relatively . . .
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October 08, 2008 08:33 PM EDT --
Lehman Bros CEO Punched In Face
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April 28, 2009 05:17 PM EDT --
when people
who are on
Social Security,
Medicare
and often
Veteran’s Benefits
complain about socialism.
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October 12, 2009 12:09 PM EDT --
This may be good news if you are an exporter, but for the rest of us, probably not.
From Bloomberg
"Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and . . .
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April 28, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
From Mother Goose and Grimm.
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July 02, 2009 09:14 PM EDT --
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee about half of all US home mortgages and were squarely in the middle of the mortgage meltdown. In the last two years they have lost more than $150 billion. . . .
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August 25, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
Just released from Congressional Budget Office
http://cbo.gov/
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