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Economists = Idiots? Part 1829

Markets got to thinking Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke would indicate this as a possible path when he testifies before the Senate Wednesday and the House of Representatives Thursday on the…

Federal Government Stupidity – Part 2

…overlap in markets existed between the two providers, Verizon Wireless would have to divest itself from these markets and sell operations to another wireless provider. You should have received a…

What went wrong ?

…must believe that markets aren’t efficient. However, they assumed market efficiency when measuring risk. Turning the efficient markets hypothesis on and off makes it possible to think that you can…