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Thoughts on trade policy and pegs

…of goods. Other factors like perceived stability of currencies and speculative forces probably cause exchange rates to be (considerably?) different than they would be if they were set only by…

Report from Chicago

…California, came together to kick off “Showdown Chicago” protesting the loss of jobs and the harsh and speculative practices put in place by banks and W$ since 2000. Friday’s events…

Wobegone Finance

…that P_1 = 1 all the time. Both assets are, in practice, riskless paying return r with certainty. It is alos possible that there will be an unsustainable speculative bubble….

SILOs –more action needed?

labeled the “American Jobs Creation Act” to signal the purported justification for all the corporate tax breaks. It didn’t lead to the creation of many jobs.) The new section disallowed…

J. Maynard Keynes Comments on the Current Crisis

…may fail in its objective of greatly reducing the long-term rate of interest, because M2 [speculative demand for money not what we call M2] may tend to increase almost without…

Compare and Contrast

…— Protecting Our Environment And Addressing Climate Change: A Sound Energy Strategy Must Include A Solid Environmental Foundation — Promoting Energy Efficiency — Addressing Speculative Pricing Of Oil Obama’s preamble:…

Forbes global 2000

…implications that should make us pause. Some speculative thoughts are: 1. Business ethics and idealogy are stripped of cultural and societal concerns, so cannot replace national interest and culture. It…

‘Winter Soldiers’ Hearings

…a fair question for him nor directed at him, but merely an idol, speculative, and throw away sort of thought in passing for him and myself for AB. I know…