Thursday, October 23, 2008
Somebody Saw It Coming
Check out the Economist's cover, dated March 2007. Hat tip to "Escape from Brooklyn" blog:
http://escapebrooklyn.blogspot.com/
South America Decoupling from U.S.?
Is South America finally decoupling from the U.S.? The CS Monitor seems to think so:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1024/p06s01-woam.html
Greenspan at the Confessional
I hate to kick a man when he's down, but the NY Times beat me to it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/economy/24panel.html
I remember Greenspan raising interest rates towards the end of his tenure (ah, the days of earning 5% on basic money market accounts). Greenspan did see the excess--just not soon enough.
As Tom "American Treasure" Toles implies in this 3/4/05 Washington Post cartoon, how independent was Greenspan? Was much of Greenspan's unwillingness to raise rates was because of the Bush administration's policies and Greenspan's desire not to lose his job?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/economy/24panel.html
I remember Greenspan raising interest rates towards the end of his tenure (ah, the days of earning 5% on basic money market accounts). Greenspan did see the excess--just not soon enough.
As Tom "American Treasure" Toles implies in this 3/4/05 Washington Post cartoon, how independent was Greenspan? Was much of Greenspan's unwillingness to raise rates was because of the Bush administration's policies and Greenspan's desire not to lose his job?
Living on a Prayer
From The NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/garden/23foreclosure.html
Forty-four percent of employees live paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey conducted by MetLife in late 2007, and 48 percent of American households have less than $5,000 in liquid assets according to Edward Wolff, an economist specializing in the study of poverty and income distribution at New York University.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/garden/23foreclosure.html
Forty-four percent of employees live paycheck to paycheck, according to a survey conducted by MetLife in late 2007, and 48 percent of American households have less than $5,000 in liquid assets according to Edward Wolff, an economist specializing in the study of poverty and income distribution at New York University.
Funny: Bernanke to the Rescue
In these volatile times, we gotta have some humor. Here's a funny Bernanke montage explaining the monetarian philosophy (i.e., when times are bad, the government should inject/drop money to stimulate the economy). Make sure the music is on--it's the music that makes everything so good:
http://moneyhelicopters.ytmnd.com/
Hat tip to Prof. Mankiw.
http://moneyhelicopters.ytmnd.com/
Hat tip to Prof. Mankiw.
European Econ Forecast
Clever economic weather forecast from the FT:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3af6c64c-9eb6-11dd-98bd-000077b07658.html
Hat tip to Barry "The Big Kahuna" Ritholtz.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3af6c64c-9eb6-11dd-98bd-000077b07658.html
Hat tip to Barry "The Big Kahuna" Ritholtz.
Hoover Institute
The Hoover Institute has a great link to some educational videos:
http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uk/
Not exactly economics per se, but close enough.
http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uk/
Not exactly economics per se, but close enough.
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