…published June 2010. DolB: I am a liberal. A label that “progressive” is used in exchange with. I am not a radical, fascist, loony, left winged, socialist, commie. In fact,…

…cost “a quarter of a trillion dollars” perhaps hoping people are still scared by the label rather than the number. Because in the context of a $750 billion TARP package…

…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…

…purchasing companies] were known as “leveraged-buyout operators.” But LBO became a bad name. … Their new label became “private equity,” a name that turns the facts upside-down: A purchase of…

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

One Salient Oversight sends some thoughts from down under on recycling labels: Think of the common labels thrown out against political opponents these days. What sort of political thinking would…

…for their money, self-dubbed supermarket guru Phil Lempert says the best way is to hold onto supermarket register receipts for several months and then compare them. Most receipts not only…

…over 30’ (until of course we started turning 30 in 1976). Did we deserve being called self-absorbed, I daresay we did. But did we deserve the label of ‘selfish’. Well…

…was on page 257 of a previous edition): UPDATE: I wasn’t clear enough in my initial post, so I’m pulling vtcodger from comments: Mankiw has a chart there. The label…

…Mae and Freddie Mac) and not (private-label MBS) means it will have eventually sold or pledged half of its Treasurys, limiting how many more of these tricks it can pull…