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Economics / Alan Greenspan, deficits, entitlements, Spain /

Dangerous Misconceptions

January 4, 2012

Words. They can hurt. They can purvey pernicious thoughts behind attractive or clever sounding draperies. They can, as with orthodox economics, do substantial damage to ordinary people who are completely unaware of the meaning of those words, or the dire consequences that those distant and stuffy sounding thoughts can bring raining down on the innocent. […]

Economics / consumer confidence, consumption, exports, GDP, home prices, inflation, jobs, real estate, recession, recovery, unemployment, wages /

The Not So New Year

January 3, 2012

Year end is always an odd time. We pretend that we can wipe the slate clean and that the new year will be unencumbered by the weight of the old. We party – so I hear – and ring in the fledgling as a kind of tabula rasa open to anything. Not so much. Not […]

Economics / banking, consumer confidence, consumption, fiscal policy, GDP, home prices, jobs, Obama, real estate, recession, recovery, Romney, unemployment /

Winding Down The Year

December 23, 2011

We have had a flurry of news this week causing the stock market to bounce around in near frenetic glee. If you to believe that the markets are even vaguely rational, which hopefully you are highly skeptical of, then have cause for optimism. If you’re like me and regard markets as deeply flawed and easily […]