Tag: USA
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What would a modern depression look like?
The Boston Globe has an interesting piece on what a sustained economic downturn (like the great depression(s)) would look like in modern times : We are separated from the 1930s by decades of profound …
Ticket breakups are hard
The LA Times reports " Tensions between McCain and Palin camps come to light ". Might be interesting, let's take a look: "...aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe pur…
Best of luck Obama
Best of luck, Obama. You are going to need it to deal with the mess that has been left for you. Marketplace has some ideas on what will happen on the economic side when Obama comes into office. Horizo…
Another Frightening Show About the Economy
I have not yet listened to Another Frightening Show About the Economy from This American Life . Since it is from the guys that brought us The Giant Pool of Money (the excellent show about the housing …
King Henry
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. You ha…
One wave of Henry's magic wand and debt disappears
Quoth the AP : Wall Street rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday, shooting higher and hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up 400 points following a report that the federal government m…
Bush: Ocean Protector
Credit where credit is due. In 2006 President Bush turned the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands into Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument, which formed the largest marine wildlife reserve in the wor…
The Giant Pool of Money
I finally got around to listening to episode 355 of This American Life . The subject of this episode is the housing crisis. Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg have done a fantastic job diving into the de…
Gore's new slide show at TED
I've been working my way though the many wonderful talks at TED and was happy to see a new one pop up with Gore showing his new slide show: New thinking on the climate crisis . Do yourself a favor, an…
The obligation of walking away
Secretary Paulson played the morality card two days ago when speaking about home owners that were in over their heads: Homeowners who can afford their payments and don't have to move, can choose to st…