The reason will be that the French and the Greeks appear to have unseated a couple of the governments which imposed or promoted austerity, which most of the major US market mavens have been saying, for weeks, is completely the wrong way to go. I guess the message is that they are so convinced of [...]
The psychological impact of GDP rates.
The preliminary GDP numbers are our for first quarter 2012 and the same story we have heard lately is being re-played, personal expenditures are up but government spending is down. The early number for Q1 is 2.2% Now my question is what number do we need to sustain to take away the psychological funk created [...]
Covering debt with the money supply.
This is an extension of the post I just wrote on Greek debt, but seemed to deserve a space of it’s own. I would like to put forward a couple thoughts on expanding the money supply to repair balance sheets hurt by absorbing bad debts and debt forgiveness. It seems that I often argue for the [...]
A funny thing about the Greek debt crisis.
One thing I find odd about the continued angst over the Greek debt crisis is that so much worry is expended over what is a relatively small amount of money. First off what we are mainly concerned about is privately held debt, since central banks have the power to issue currency, now for Greece that [...]
JOBS!!!
I was pleased to see the economy added 243,000 jobs last month. I know it’s just one month, but I’m encouraged for three reasons: 1) This is part of a long run of job creation (which has been in positive territory since October of 2010, and in six figures since September of 2011); [...]
Keynesians Vs. Austerians, Again!
On the sidebar under the Economist category is an article I would like to recommend, titled “Debating Economic Policy: Keynesians, Austerity, and the Weltgeist”. I repeat the last two paragraphs here: If you think the German-led European solution to the euro-zone crisis is deeply confused, and a lot of Americans do, then you have [...]
Mike Whitney on Bernanke: when all you have is a hammer…
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/30/bernankes-low-rate-crapshoot/ Nassim Taleb likened Bernanke’s ZIRP and QE antics to trying to get ketchup out of a bottle when it is stopped up. Ben is shaking the ketchup bottle violently with the same down motion, expecting the sauce to smoothly emerge. Now Whitney calls out Bernanke for administering the same QE snake-oil again [...]
Solving our unemployment problem
Salon.com has an article that indicts the Republican presidential candidates for having nothing to offer on the unemployment problem: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/24/the_gops_unemployment_trap/ It is amazing how little Republicans talk about the issue (of the four remaining candidates, only one even mentions it on his website) when you take a look at how historically unusual our [...]
The Fable Of The Bees: Does Austerity Promote Economic Growth?
To all here: I recommend the article “Does Austerity Promote Economic Growth” by the noted economist Robert Shiller which appears to your left here as a Project Syndicate link. It is related to my earlier post on Feldstein and Krugman. Very interesting reading!
Artificial money meets the artificial market
Treasury Yield Is 20 Basis Points From Low Before Greek Talks – Businessweek. 10 year bond yield is at 1 7/8 %. That is surreal. When they created this money, it was designed to hold the benchmark interest rate roughly between 3% and 6%… which then became the platform for the value of money. [...]
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- I tend not to blame Obama too much. May 17, 2012
- Before I forget it … May 18, 2012
- Spain drags the euro down another rung May 17, 2012
- Before I forget it … May 18, 2012
- Spain drags the euro down another rung May 17, 2012
- I tend not to blame Obama too much. May 17, 2012
APM’s Marketplace
- From little white to blatant: Lies are lies
- Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy
- Hewlett-Packard reportedly will lay off 30,000
- GM passes on Super Bowl advertising
- Letters: Brogrammers and older workers
- Walmart expands its bribery investigation
- Weekly Wrap: What happened to Facebook's stock?
- Obama to announce food initiative for world poor
- Silicon Valley's new underground millionaires
- 'Supercommuters' board airplanes to get to work
Science.
- Report using private health claims data shows prices are driving health spending growth
- Folic acid may reduce some childhood cancers
- AAPS National Biotechnology Conference to highlight innovative vaccines
- Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
- Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant recipients
- Good news for nanomedicine: Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates
Scientific American
- Stuxnet-Like Viruses Remain a Top U.S. Security Risk
- Unhurtful Thoughts: A Preoccupied Brain Produces Pain-Killing Compounds
- Coyotes Are the New Top Dogs
- Self-Worth Shattering: A Single Bomb Blast Can Saddle Soldiers with Debilitating Brain Trauma
- Track Record: Do Major Urban Subway Networks Evolve along Similar Patterns?
- Not-So-Quick Fix: ADHD Behavioral Therapy May Be More Effective Than Drugs in Long Run
- In Search of the Best (Energy) Ideas: A Q&A with ARPA-E's Arun Majumdar
- Ancient Time: Earliest Mayan Astronomical Calendar Unearthed in Guatemala Ruins
- Climate Forecasting: A Break in the Clouds
- Hive and Seek: Domestic Honeybees Keep Disappearing, but Are Their Wild Cousins in Trouble, Too? [Slide Show]
The New Yorker
- Peter Hessler: My life in British police lineups.
- Xan Rice: Runner Samuel Wanjiru’s tragic death.
- Richard Avedon: “Allen Ginsberg’s Family.”
- Jeffrey Toobin: How John Roberts orchestrated Citizens United.
- Alec Wilkinson: Can John Douglas Thompson act in Shakespeare’s comedies?
- David Owen: Daniel Nocera’s artificial leaf.
- Larissa MacFarquhar: Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation.
- Michael Specter: Can geoengineering solve global warming?
- Evan Osnos: Gong Haiyan, Jiayuan, and dating in China.
- Andrea K. Scott: Sarah Sze’s sculpture from everyday objects.
NYT global headlines.
- Robin Gibb, Member of the Bee Gees, Dies at 62
- Nationalist Wins Serbian Presidency
- Greek Crisis Poses Hard Choices for Western Leaders
- Supply Lines Cast Shadow at NATO Meeting on Afghan War
- Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber, Dies at 60
- Hamas and Fatah Agree in Cairo to Begin Work on Elections
Spiegel
- Taliban Death Threats: The West's Afghan Workers Fear NATO Withdrawal
- 'Lost Nation': US Think Tank Slams Germany's NATO Role
- Unreliable Partners?: Germany's Reputation in NATO Has Hit Rock Bottom
- US Nuclear Weapons Upgrades: Experts Report Massive Cost Increase
- Disses and Death Threats: Rapper in Germany Fears for Life after Fatwa
- Profiting from Power?: The Dubious Business of the Yanukovych Clan
- A Global Petition to Asma Al-Assad: Being a Bystander Is a Choice
- Champagne Before the Crash: Pilot Bravado May Be to Blame for Superjet Disaster
- Interview with Greenpeace Head Kumi Naidoo: 'We Are Losing the Planet'
- Disaster in the Sahel: Fighting in Mali Adds Chaos to Troubled African Region
Reuters politics
- Pro-Romney Super PAC sees fundraising dip in April
- NATO seeks unity on Afghan war despite French exit plan
- U.S. banking laws unable to stop JPMorgan loss: Republican Boehner
- Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms
- At ''bridge to nowhere,'' Romney slams Obama on economy
- House Republicans top Democrats in April fundraising
FED research papers.
- 2012-35: Using the "Chandrasekhar Recursions" for Likelihood Evaluation of DSGE Models
- 2012-34: Time-to-Plan Lags for Commercial Construction Projects
- 2012-25: The Government-Sponsored Enterprises and the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Affordable Housing Goals
- 2012-23: International Policy Spillovers at the Zero Lower Bound
- 2012-21: Arbitrage, liquidity and exit: The repo and federal funds markets before, during, and emerging from the financial crisis
- 2012-24: Changes in Bank Lending Standards and the Macroeconomy