…seen as penalties on withdrawing money from one’s business for the purpose of consumption, which means they discourage business owners from taking profits out of their business. The alternative to…

…to GE exec John Rice: “If this bill is enacted into law it would benefit many GE businesses.” So, his reasoning is, because GE sees money in liberal policy (clean…

…of the government’s authority to label information it has as a “state secret” and thus to prevent its disclosure in court. It will do so, though, only in a narrow…

by Bruce Webb (A contest with no prizes, AB doesn’t have fundraisers or sell t-shirts and is lucky if ad money keeps the servers on. And this is just a…

…of the stimulus matters, but right now the main issue is that it should be large. Yes money giving money state governments is better than giving money to consumers who…

…will be evident in a moment, I had to label each recession (or rather, post-recession period), the graph is a little busy. Note also that I am assuming that the…

…in private-label securities. These securities included subprime loans, which were extended to people with thin or weak credit histories, as well as exotic loans such as adjustable-rate mortgages known as…

…I wonder if he is even aware that economic historians label the 1870’s as the “Long Depression”. I find it really amusing that he so proud of what others call…

…do in any case cause they kick ass. I’ve given brief instructions in the spreadsheet. The graphs require some slightly sophisticated hand-tuning (data sources, label displays, axes, etc.) depending on…

…the format informative and I think will continue the conversation. To avoid any confusion I will label ‘open threads’ as such for any subject, and use the term ‘topical threads’…