econlog.econlib.org - 2/7/2009
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(February 4, 2009 08:33 AM, by Arnold Kling) Three things to be angry about this morning. 1. The Obama Administration's plans to save banks. I outsource my comments to Yves Smith. Thanks to Mark Thoma for the pointer. 2. Alan Blinder and David Leonhardt confusing stimulus with class...
More Bailouts… Are You Still Angry?
lazymanandmoney.com 12/12/2008 — Goalhunter Says: December 9th, 2008 at 6:20 am Hey, you got it right about the money just circulating. It’s like your blood, when the blood stops circulating then the organism dies. Even if you have all the blood you need it can’t be static. That’s ...
Morning Commentary
econlog.econlib.org 3/1/2009 — (March 1, 2009 08:37 AM, by Arnold Kling) Two links from the indispensable Mark Thoma. First, Tyler Cowen writes, A newbank rescue plan may be more crucial right now than the fiscal stimulus package enacted last month. Yet we don't seem capable of ...
Morning Commentary
econlog.econlib.org 10/8/2008 — (October 8, 2008 07:52 AM, by Arnold Kling) 1. The debate was truly awful. The financial crisis was caused by greed (McCain) and deregulation (Obama). We need energy independence. Our priority is to do everything at once (McCain). We will cut spending ...
Bailout News: Warning! This Dog Will Bite: The Angry American Taxpayer
dailybail.com 2/1/2009 — Scenes of carnage, hemorraghing from the insatiable bloodlust of a seething beast, the angry American taxpayer. The game, Bank CEO Bloodsport. It was Rome, the Coliseum was SRO, and it was a bad, bad day to be a gladiator. And the plebes were none too amused at Taxpayer Bitches Lewis and Thain.
Martin Wolf is Angry About Bank Bailouts
nakedcapitalism.com 3/6/2009 — The British don't do shrill, but Wolf today is as close as you will ever find on the pages of the Financial Times. And the telling sign that Wolf is borderline unhinged is (aside from mentioning his fury) that his article has less of a clear ...
The Current Economic and Political System Makes Me So Angry
benbittrolff.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — "What is outrageous economically and is outrageous morally is that normally in times like this, people who are competent and who saw it coming and who kept their powder dry go and take over the assets from the incompetent. What's happening this time ...
Why people like cars with ‘angry faces’
features.csmonitor.com 8/3/2009 — Does this BMW concept car look angry to you? (BMW) Why people like cars with ‘angry faces’ By Chris Gaylord | 10.09.08 One of the coolest aspects of the fabric-covered BMW GINA concept car is a little subconscious. I’m sure I was not the only person ...
Democratic Stealth Care
online.wsj.com 1/30/2009 — Tom Daschle is still waiting to be confirmed as secretary of health and human services, not that he's in any rush. Democrats are already enacting his and Barack Obama's agenda of government-run health care -- entirely on the QT. This was the real ...
MARKET COMMENTARY (3-2-09)
weeklyta.blogspot.com 3/3/2009 — Looks like we will get a small bounce this morning. I am waiting for a nice sized bounce, preferably an inside day, to add short positions. There is no way I will be loading up down here. Likewise, people who are going long should be aware that we ...
P. J. O'Rourke channels Adam Smith
newmarksdoor.typepad.com 2/12/2009 — What would Mr. Smith say about today's trouble ?
The idea that The Wealth of Nations puts forth for creating prosperity is more complex. It involves all the baffling intricacies of human liberty. Smith proposed that everyone be free – free of bondage and of political, economic and ...
Privatize Social Security?! —
The Big Money 2/4/2009
"We told you so" is just about the most annoying sentence one can utter. But when it comes to the debate over Social Security, this is a moment for Democrats to say: We told you so. Use your time machine to travel back four years: In his 2005 ...
Social Media Saves Lives —
The Big Money 2/5/2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting all Web 2.0 on us with a " Social Media Page " that provides all kinds of tools—ranging from highly useful to quite silly—for tracking information about the peanut recalls.
The page, ...
More Stimulating —
The Big Money 2/6/2009
Is the stimulus package really better for men than for women? That's what many prominent feminists, and even some male economists , are saying. Their charge: That the bulk of the work created would be in testosterone-fueled fields like ...