Vindication of how dumb voters are and how dumber our politicians are when it comes to slogans and promises: Only five months after Inauguration Day, the focus of Washington’s economic and domes… more →
The Final Minority Reportgordonsawyer wrote 2 days ago: During the Obama-Pelosi arm-twisting that passed their 2,000 page socialized medicine bill, a s … more →
Sabine McNeill wrote 3 days ago: This petition to save the canal properties of Waterways stirred me to put as succinctly as possible … more →
James Kwak wrote 4 days ago: So far, my foray into the world of the national debt has consisted of this: Don’t try to scare … more →
waltermoorecanada wrote 4 days ago: Updated 2009-11-24 Little did I know when I originally published this how bad things would get aroun … more →
Zach wrote 5 days ago: ***Please note our disclosures and terms of use here. >>>> Good Morning! Here’s a few … more →
texan2driver wrote 5 days ago: Coming from the NY Times, this actually surprises me. This is a bit off the reservation for them. … more →
Institutional Financial Derivatives, Inc. wrote 6 days ago: FT – A few weeks ago, Claudio Borio, head of research at the Bank for International Settlement … more →
euandus wrote 6 days ago: Twelve times a thousand times a billion. Such a number can only be known abstractly to the human mi … more →
James Kwak wrote 6 days ago: Last week I wrote a post about “government debt hysteria” that has gotten a lot of atten … more →
James Kwak wrote 1 week ago: I don’t spend a lot of time trying to police the economic news media — Dean Baker and Br … more →
iMFdirect wrote 1 week ago: By Carlo Cottarelli As I noted in my last post, government deficits in many countries—particularly i … more →
brvanlanen wrote 1 week ago: Terri McCormick has officially entered the race for the WI-08 Congressional seat. McCormick, who is … more →
Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom. There are 5 sections, all with hot news. Links to … more →
asx200 wrote 2 weeks ago: (CFD.net.au – Contract for Difference, Share, Forex, ETFs, Commodities Traders) – By Deb … more →
Mario Rizzo wrote 2 weeks ago: by Andreas Hoffmann and Gunther Schnabl* With central bank balance sheets and government debt levels … more →
dwillden wrote 4 weeks ago: Notice that this video was provided by the head accountant of the government (Director of GAO), Davi … more →
Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: There are so many fractures in America’s foundations it’s easy to lose track. One is su … more →
Mike wrote 1 month ago: by Mike Today the DOW rallied in bullish fashion, closing 132 points up, and ultimately finishing th … more →
Ted Pugh wrote 1 month ago: (Reuters) – THE GOVERNMENT MUST KEEP BORROWING until recovery is entrenched, and one set of go … more →