…run a country. Romney’s plan is pure market fundamentalism–a mistaken view that the “market” will take care of all problems and vigorously grow to elevate everyone’s livelihood just so long…

…half of the 1970s. It was therefore replaced by a more “market-friendly” approach, which emphasized the removal of presumed market distortions and was grounded in the strong belief in a…

…Ashwin’s words): …a credible threat will cause market expectations to adjust and negate the need for any actual intervention in markets by the central bank. Ashwin counters this view [my…

…there are two separate “markets” that the ACA regulates: the market for health insurance and the market for healthcare itself. The Commerce Clause issue does not address what statescan regulate,…

The bad news of the day is that about $5B ($5,000,000,000) more than previously believed went to buy goods made in China, Japan, non-major South and Central American countries, and…

…appears to have remained relatively stable over the decades, real GDP’s influence over the stock market seems to have gone by the wayside some time in the 1970s. Today’s post…

…of work, finance, market participants grapple with the monthly economic data flow, eyeing each release as if it’s telling a new story about the current prospect for US economic growth…

…origination mess. The plan, Reforming America’s Housing Finance Market: A Report to Congress (Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, Feb. 2011), claims that it will “reform America’s housing finance market…

…insurance. Let’s credit their pay for the amount that has been paid by the taxpayers, and let them try to buy health insurance in the individual market. (My bet is…

It occurred to me that some Angry Bear readers may be interested in a short analysis of the Egyptian bond market. Professionally, I’m a macroeconomic analyst and portfolio manager on…