(Update. Not that it matters much at this point but I fixed the link to the Letter to President Clinton. BW 1/3/09) No I am not asking about a car or misspelling LexisNexis or even talking about a new sequel to the Matrix. It is instead the question to be applied to the following list […]
rdan Yves Smith said it fast and clear in her response to this part of a series in the NYT explaining the financial woes of the US. Two famous men, Kenneth Rogoff and Ben Bernanke, are given star billing. Yves post is worth reading. Here are some links to Angry Bear posts on the trade […]
rdan The The WSJ gives us this quote: To be sure, there was a glimmer of positive economic news this week as well, as the Labor Department released figures showing inflation-adjusted consumer spending inched up slightly in November as gas prices fell steeply. The personal savings rate also climbed in November. Socking away more in […]
by reader Noni Mausa Who has “bad credit” when a million Americans file for bankruptcy? With the air hissing out of the Bush balloon, the ½ to 1 million a year personal bankruptcies for the past decade will certainly not slow down. And the kinds of causes aren’t the sort people will easily be able […]
(By Bruce Webb. Well it is a slow night. So let me point you to perhaps the strongest indictment of Bush Iraq policy c.2002-2004. By the guy who General Tommy Franks followed into command. Bolding mine). Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC, (Ret.) Remarks at CDI Board of Directors Dinner, May 12, 2004 I just came back […]
Robert Waldmann Now that the crash has come, Robert Shiller’s editor convinced him to write another book to cash in on the fact that he predicted the crash in the second edition of Irrational Exuberance so he wrote “The Subprime Solution”. Smart move. A less comprehensible part of the Princeton University Press publishing strategy was […]
by divorced one like Bush I thought for something a little different during the holiday respite and assuming there will be no major economic calamities, maybe some readers would like a real world small business experience. This post deals with the world of flower wire services and just what it costs you and what you […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from the Bears!
More Christmas cheer by Bruce Webb (cross posted at dKos)This is in response to some comments on Kos’s Track Santa post (about NORAD ‘tracking’ Santa and putting it up on their website). Well, the guy dresses in all red (24+ / 0-)and gives away the products of his factory’s labor to those depending on their […]
by Bruce WebbIraq Christians face ‘bleak future’ Christians in Iraq face a “bleak future,” said Kassab, executive director of the Chaldean Federation of America, a nonprofit group that helps Iraqi Christians. “We are heading for a demise,” he said. “It’s getting to the point where it might be an ethnic cleansing in the future.” A […]