…prices: speculation is reducing supply and leverage is increasing demand. The Bust Housing “bubbles” typically do not “pop”, rather prices deflate slowly in real terms, over several years. Historically real…

…we want businesses that are more responsive to the typical person, we need businesses that are smaller, not businesses that are bigger. We need more Mom and Pop stores and…

…saw inflation pressures building in the trade balance. Now I get to my chosen post-point: why is inflation in China necessarily a bad thing? The inflation pop sparked a lot…

…I believe all comments have been included. Yeah me. I can synchronize in pop up window as well, but it lacks any versatility. Any preferences for a day or two?…

…argument convincing, but I doubt that representative Frank does. Frankly I’m with Frank: truely obscure outdated pop reference to the lil Abner comic strip. Shmoo: a creature in lil Abner….

…in weekly earnings growth with rising oil prices it is not especially surprising that the January and February pop in real retail sales has not been repeated. Hopefully, the May…

rdan Wallet Pop points to a game at the Economist that takes work to put together from pdfs. Update: The picture is from the Economist and is as big as…

…not weakening. But even this months nice pop was largely offset by the fall in hours worked so that weekly nominal wages only rose 0.08%. So if there was any…

…not dangerous. Mom and pop book stores have played a minor role in the crisis. They are lightly regulated. Does this prove Mallaby’s point ? I think the answer is…

…money continues to pour out of Wachovia. After a brief pop, the market is hearing more about Wachovia precarious position and starts trending lower. Without funding sources, Wachovia is at…