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    Bank Profits: An Illusion

    February 18, 2010

    A friend of mine pointed me to research by analysts at JP Morgan who have developed a ‘doomsday scenario’ for the banking industry that assumes all current regulatory suggestions and then calculates their impact on profitability. It doesn’t take much imagination to see that the return on equity will be massively reduced: not only are […]

    Economics / jobs, unemployment /

    More Jobs Frustration

    February 18, 2010

    This is probably the way it will remain for a while: the jobs market is clearly stuck and shows very little sign of improvement no matter how much huffing and puffing the Wall Street boosters and financial media try to parse the numbers. Last week initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 31,000 to 473,000, […]

    Economics / deficits, fiscal policy, Keynes, Milton Friedman, Niall Ferguson, stimulus /

    The Deficit Debate Continues

    February 17, 2010

    Martin Wolf in today’s Financial Times absolutely nails the essentials of the current debate breaking out over our national debt and the federal deficit. I completely endorse his point of view. I can understand people who are not involved in economic policy discussions making the mistake that we ought to deal with our deficit as […]

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