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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Stop listening to all the propaganda about the debt. It's WRONG!

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In 2008 the deficit was $450 bln and the national debt was $9 trillion. The dollar index hit a low of 70.68. This year the deficit is for...
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My appearance this morning on Fox 5 NYC

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Economist Mike Norman: Investing: MyFoxNY.com
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Paulson Flagship Fund Hit Hard by Market Rout

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CNBC has apparently received some inside information on the recent performance of hedge funds managed by John Paulson. Excerpt: Hedge-fund...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Why I think things are not as bad as 8 days ago.

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Anyone who has been following my comments for the past year knows that I have been warning about a sharp stock market and economic downtur...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

"Who's gonna buy them now?"

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Remember Bill Gross's infamous Tweet on June 30th when he wondered aloud who will buy Treasuries now that QE2 was ending. Well despi...
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Zezza — US Employment Path Leads Into The Woods

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Read Gennaro Zezza's post at Multiplier Effect , To Cut the Deficit, Create Jobs . It's short and to the point.

Latest polling — Washington Disconnect

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Eric W. Dolan at The Raw Story: Poll: 62 percent say debt ceiling deal benefits the rich and hurts the poor Sixty-two percent of America...
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Evolution and egalitarianism — return on cooperation and coordination

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Good summary of evolution and egalitarianism. The ability to cooperate and coordinate vastly increase the adaptive rate of humans in the evo...
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It's the population growth, stupid.

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We've Entered the Age of Mass Extinction: Goodbye Fish and a Whole Lot More Paleontologist Peter Ward talks about the threats from glo...
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Solar Thermal

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The bright future of solar powered factories Most of the talk about renewable energy is aimed at electricity production. However, most of ...
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On "Good Day NY" today

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What The U.S. Credit Downgrade Means For You: MyFoxNY.com
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Galbraith Kicks Butt — Must Read

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Selise transcribed another great talk by Prof. James K. Galbraith that covers a lot of ground in leaping bounds. James K. Galbraith: The Fin...
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Joshua Holland takes Standard and Poor's to the Woodshed

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S and P's downgrade provides compelling evidence of the corruption eating away at the foundations of yet another key Wall Street institu...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

My time at S&P

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I worked for Standard & Poor's in 2000 and 2001. Please read about my experience here .
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A UK Conservative's Lament

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It has taken me more than 30 years as a journalist to ask myself this question, but this week I find that I must: is the Left right after al...
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Sectoral Balances 2nd Quarter 2011

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Couresty of Prof. Scott Fullwiler (Click on image to enlarge)
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James K. Galbraith on Economic Consequences of Rising Resource Costs

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This is joint work with Jing Chen and it’s work in progress addressed to a question that we believe has not be adequately dealt with, in fac...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Dean Baker on the US Downgrade

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How to Think About Standard and Poor's Downgrade In short, there is no coherent explanation that can be given for S&P's downgrad...
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Barefoot Economics

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AMY GOODMAN: Today we begin with acclaimed Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef. He won the Right Livelihood Award in 1983, two years after th...
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Standard & Poor Excuse for a Ratings Agency

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Mike predicted this years ago and finally the S&P ratings agency has "downgraded" the U.S. credit rating to "Outlook Nega...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Fiscal Flows During the Period of Operating at the "Debt" Ceiling

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Below are some calculations from data from the Daily Treasury Statements for fiscal YTD as of May 16th (debt ceiling hit) and July 29th (deb...
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Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind

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The word "West" used to have a meaning. It described common goals and values, the dignity of democracy and justice over tyranny an...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Love, Prostitution and Economics

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Do you know the difference between love and prostitution? Or even better, the difference between love and prostitution as it relates to econ...

Total Gov't debt issued since 1998: $229 TRILLION! And guess what? Rates are at zero!!

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The daily Treasury statement is a fascinating document. Each day at 4pm on the dot you get a look at the Treasury's checkbook. Every i...
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Excellent summary of MMT

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Excellent summary of MMT by a "newbie." It's an excellent reference for getting people up to speed on MMT quickly. Lots of lin...
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Ron Paul introduces bill to cancel $1.6 trillion debt held by the Fed

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The first good idea EVER from Ron Paul. The Fed could essentially rip up its holdings of Treasuries and the US debt would be lowered by $1....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

George Carlin brilliantly sums up our society

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One of his best!
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Alternet Article on Bitcoin

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Bitcoin: A New Kind of Money That's Beyond the Reach of Bankers, Wall St. and Regulators? Interesting article on Bitcoin's inception...
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The "deal" and the numbers that go with it

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All the media is decrying the wonderful "deal" over the weekend that had us avert default. Republicans are grinning ear to ear. D...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Happiness Economics: A Report

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Happiness is, in the end, a much more complicated concept than is income. It is also a more ambitious and laudable policy objective. The fac...
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