Brandeis’ Mann Interview on Fed Minutes, Jobs, Inflation
Catherine Mann, a formal Federal Reserve economist who’s now a professor at Brandeis University, talks about Federal Reserve policy...
Thursday Reads
• Stocks: fastest double ever (Fortune) The fastest 2X that hasn’t given it all back, anyway • S&P 500 Cash Hoards Shrink...
Why is Fox News Trashing Ron Paul ?
Busted: Fox News Fakes CPAC Presidential Straw Poll Bizarre deception by Fox News via boingboing, running the 2010 crowd noise booing Ron...
Meet Hickory…This Year’s Top Dog
Hickory, the Scottish Deerhound who won Best in Show at this year’s Westminster Dog Show. 2/16/2011 7:05:30 PM
Do Hedge Funds May Pose Systemic Risk? (I say no)
I am on Taking Stock with Pimm Fox and Dave Wilson today: *3:00PM – Hedge Funds May Pose Systemic Risk: Barry Ritholtz, Fusion IQ...
Did Goldman Sachs Kill AIG ?
I have to take issue with William Cohan’s Op-Ed, How Goldman Killed A.I.G. First off, let me start out by saying that these are two...
Philly Fed solid but with rising prices
Following an in line NY manufacturing survey on Tues, the Feb Philly Fed # was well above expectations at 35.9 vs the consensus of 21....
Egypt and China, Economic Growth, 1 AD-2008
Long-term growth of both Egypt and China, via Visualizing Economics, charted over the past 20 centuries: > click for ginormous version