Learning from economic history  share 1 hour ago by tentman During the Asian Crisis in 1998, Paul Krugman wrote a short article in slate in which he warns that the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic anaysis are a serious threat “not just for the economics profession but for the world economy”. In Febrauary 2009 Willem Buiter first published an article ... tentman - tentman.wordpress.com |
| Institutional impact on comparative economic development share 17 hours ago This being the 4th of July weekend, I decided that the week would be dedicated to a "Don't Count America Out Yet" series. In that light, I went back to examine the NY Times articles from the late 1980's admonishing American managers, praising Japanese manufacturing and long-termism thinking, and wor ... The Hard Trade - thehardtrade.com |
| Business Cycles Aren’t All Bad share 1 day ago by Guy Porter Most economists today consider business cycles to be credit cycles. In other words, they have to do with public confidence, or trust, in our economic infrastructure. When confidence is high, credit flows and economic activity increases. Eventually, confidence reverts to the mean and below, before re ... Porter Kickham, Inc - porterkickham.com |
| Colour overload share 1 day ago by aaron Check out this graphic showing the monthly unemployment rate in the US since 1948. Sorry to be a chart nazi but a simple line plot would have been a lot easier to read, though perhaps not cool enough for an ‘interactive feature’. Via bernardchickey. Aaron Schiff - aaronschiff.net |
| Washington Post Caught Red Handed selling Obama Admin Access to Lobbyists, ... share 1 day ago by VotingFemale Ohhh what webs we weave when first we practice quid pro quo... The Washington Post got caught red handed by Politico selling lobbyists access to key officials of the Obama administration for bird dog fees ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. VotingFemale Speaks! - votingfemale.wordpress.com · Rank: 59,656 ·  9 references |
| Where is the stimulus? unemployment up share 1 day ago by Mark Rzepczynski This is an unfair question with government passing the legislation less than six months ago, but then the hype about creating jobs immediately for a back-loaded program was also hype. The non-farm payroll numbers came out worse than expected and any tonic that we are on a better path has been elimin ... Lakewood-Views - lakewood-views.blogspot.com · Rank: 108,526 · 1 reference |
| ?? share 1 day ago by thewordjunction This term has whizzed by like anything. It seemed much more shorter than the previous term although both the terms were of six weeks each. Classes end next Thursday and exams start Friday. For me, this term was not very fruitful. There were some important courses in this term, but somehow I was not ... MBA Steps - mbasteps.wordpress.com · 1 reference |
| A Bearish Jobs Report share 1 day ago by Donald Marron The headlines in today’s job report were gloomy: » Nonfarm payrolls fell by 467,000 in June, more than expected and more than in May. » The unemployment rate increased to 9.5%. That gloominess is confirmed if you look deeper into the numbers. Most striking is the continued decline in the number of.. ... Wall Street Pit - wallstreetpit.com · Rank: 11,888 · 83 references |
| Ad Supported Internet Business and GDP share 1 day ago by gunjandoshi The Internet employs 1.2 million people directly to conduct advertising and commerce, build and maintain the infrastructure, and facilitate its use. Each Internet job supports approximately 1.54 additional jobs elsewhere in the economy, for a total of 3.05 million, or roughly 2 percent, of employed ... Gunjan Doshi - gunjandoshi.com · 4 references |
| Fundamentals are strong share 1 day ago by dsnoonan Doug forwarded this to me, a while back, I think. Peter Schiff (now famously) “called it” when it comes to the real estate market / credit collapse. From a 11/06 speech on Youtube: That was then, now he’s a celebrity of sorts … and he had the temerity to appear on the DailyShow and castigate Prez. O ... Rejectable Hubris: ... - pubpolicy.wordpress.com |
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