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    Why I Think Big Banks Are Bad

    May 4, 2010

    Just to be clear. Big banks are contaminated by complexity. They are too to understand. Thus they are inherently even more unstable than smaller banks. And that’s saying a lot. The economics goes like this: Large bureaucracies like banks are networks. Those networks shuttle information around and are designed to manage tasks. Each task contains […]

    Economics / bank reform, banking, recession, recovery, Reinhart, Rogoff /

    Bank Reform and The Recovery

    May 4, 2010

    Yes the two are intertwined. There is no doubt that in order to achieve solid sustained growth over the next few years we need to reform our banking system. So while bank reform may appear to be arcane and, frankly, marginal, it is so central to all our prospects that everyone should be as active […]

    Economics / consumption, ISM Business Conditions Index, recovery, retail sales, savings, stimulus, wages /

    Spending and Manufacturing: Good News

    May 3, 2010

    We are now receiving a string of reports all pointing in the same direction: the economy is perking up. The recovery is now well under way. That doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that we are experiencing the usual post-recession surge, instead we appear to be making steady headway across the board. The news can be summarized briefly: […]

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