…gets set by default. A fair number of college seniors majoring in econ, when pressed, could probably tell you a story like this: The Fed determines what the Federal Funds…

…Bentsen, jr., Chair in Government/Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin June 30, 2010 Mr. Chairmen, members of the commission, thank you…

…and inflation that is well below fair value and thus creates a buying opportunity, at least in the short run. Alternatively, you can take the money supply approach that says…

…to the recurring beauty of perennials and trees that work together to provide food for humans, birds, squirrels while cleaning the air, beautifying the landscape, and just adding grace to…

…thin air) public debt to GDP ratio without for a moment considering what the means for the feasible range of current account and domestic private sector financial balance is utterly…

I feel like I am living in a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. What global shock comes next? The air of uncertainty remains. This morning an imminent (but questionably so)…

…China was getting nearly eighty per cent of its electricity from coal, which was rendering the air in much of the country unbreathable and hastening climate changes that could undermine…

…way lower cultural level than Ritholtz I appeal to road runner cartoons. Wile E. Coyote runs along in mid air until he notices. Then he falls. As noted by everyone,…

…Disagreed with all of my conclusions. Fair enough. I think that is what blogs are for. I have never met Coberly or Webb. I am not sure why they took…

…fact that the social convention of no individual hogging air time meant that no one could follow a particular line of inquiry very far. My bottom line is that the…