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 Arkady's blog coverage of the debate
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://www.rightcondition.com/ Obama: "I want to hire 100,000 more teachers." This is despite the fact that public union pensions are absolutely crushing state budgets and have caused numerous nasty fights (Wisconsin, Chicago, California) between local... |
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Does QE work?
By uomo_senza_nome 27 comments, latest 8 months ago:
bmwman91 says As far as I can tell, it works inasmuch as "debt equals wealth." So, yeah it "works" in the short term if you don't mind the long term outcome being worse than it... |
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Gap between college tuition and consumer income
By uomo_senza_nome 1 comment, latest 8 months ago:
CaptainShuddup says Yeah funny that, then at the end of the day I know of at least one college that had to hire a 10th grade educated developer to write software. In order to be... |
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The age of narcissism
By uomo_senza_nome 2 comments, latest 8 months ago:
Dan8267 says An entire generation was raised by parents who believed the most important thing they could do for their kids is build their confidence. Being confident was seen as the one and only key... |
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Fat fingers and the price of oil
By uomo_senza_nome 11 comments, latest 8 months ago:
KILLERJANE says Cool. |
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Is there such a thing called free will?
By uomo_senza_nome 53 comments, latest 8 months ago:
marcus says uomo_senza_nome says An analogy: brain is the river bed and thought is the stream flowing through it -- the thought is constrained by the river bed, but thought can alter the river bed... |
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causes and consequences of bubbles
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://pragcap.com/asset-bubbl So why do bubbles form? Because we tend towards herding behavior and other faulty irrational forms of thinking that result in a permanent and sometimes highly distorted market place. Why does this irrational thinking... |
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The Chinese economic miracle or a mirage?
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://www.econbrowser.com/arc And China has more 45- to 50-year-olds today than it has 5- to 10-year olds. That means that in another decade or so, the number of people retiring will be greater than the number... |
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Open-ended QE
By uomo_senza_nome 34 comments, latest 8 months ago:
iwog says errc says um, because without continued assistance from the fourth branch of the governemt, wells fargo and co. that hold all these mortgages are bankrupt! You don't believe me, ask the banks how... |
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Justice Inaction
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://g-a-i.org/wp-content/up Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.... |
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When economists brush with death
By uomo_senza_nome 2 comments, latest 8 months ago:
uomo_senza_nome says freak80 says You've got to do something exciting on the weekends. :) you're right. |
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Restoring the legitimacy of the Fed
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://baselinescenario.com/20 The Federal Reserve has a legitimacy problem. Fortunately, a potential policy shift is available that offers both the right thing for the Fed to do and a way to please sensible people on both... |
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Chaos on Bulls**t mountain
By uomo_senza_nome 1 comment, latest 8 months ago:
iwog says Jon Stewart is a genius although Republicans would rather pull out their own eyes out with a fork before addressing anything he says on the subject. |
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Consumers adjust to higher oil prices
By uomo_senza_nome 9 comments, latest 8 months ago:
New Renter says Dan8267 says APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says Wait till it hits $40 a gallon. Exxon will just buy the US and declare us slaves and entertain the execs with helicopter hunting trips over... |
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US economy since 2009
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
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Dangers of QE3
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://www.freebanking.org/201 Scott Sumner jokingly wonders whether, having been credited by the press for badgering Ben Bernanke's Fed until it at last cried "uncle!" by announcing QE3, he now needs to worry about going down in... |
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Qualified borrowers are dwindling at lower rates
By uomo_senza_nome 5 comments, latest 8 months ago:
bgamall4 says Goran_K says Any bets on the No-Doc loan making a quiet comeback? No chance. Banks won't stick their hand into the dog cage twice in such a short period of time, maybe 25... |
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Do Asset bubbles make us wealthier?
By uomo_senza_nome 12 comments, latest 8 months ago:
uomo_senza_nome says Did you know that neoclassical macro economic models actually make an assumption that no ponzi schemes are allowed? http://econweb.rutgers.edu/rch See Slide 31. No wonder Bernanke loves blowing asset bubbles, his models tell him... |
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Krugman, Newton and Zombie banks
By uomo_senza_nome posted 8 months ago:
http://azizonomics.com/2012/09 My theory is this: our depression is not a problem of insufficient demand. It is systemic; most prominently and immediately financial fragility, financial zombification, moral hazard, and excessive private debt, alongside a huge number... |
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Conventional Logic vs. Religious Logic
By uomo_senza_nome 239 comments, latest 9 months ago:
theocritique says Conventional Logic: Non-metaphysics in your estimation. Theistic: Metaphysics. Philosophy= something that expresses itself through a life lived but the which has its principle in the mind for starters. Are you than based off... |
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