Paul Volcker on Fareed Zakaria Podcast
Fareed Zakaria revisits Paul Volcker’s crackdown on inflation and wonders if he can do it again
NYS Appliance Rebate/Stimulus Plan
We walked into a local appliance chain (PC Richards) today to see how well the appliance rebate was going. These rebates are being funded...
60 Minutes on Scams: Pigeon Fever
It’s been just over a year since Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme fell apart. But, as Morley Safer reports,...
Economic Cheat Sheet: Using Retail Sales to Forecast GDP &...
Of all the various economic indicators and data points out there, is there one that has any special ability to forecast future economic...
Viral or AstroTurf ?
Over the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to easily distinguish between genuine viral phenomena and astroturfing. I...
Banking Compensation Around the World
This chart, from a Reuters’ analysis of pay at the 18 biggest banks by market value, illustrates the massive differences in pay...
Forecasting with a Grain of Salt
Bloomberg News is out with its latest monthly survey of economists’ forecasts and, according to those polled, the U.S. economy...
Porsche 911 Hybrid
This is very cool: “But in its experimental 911 GT3 R Hybrid test car, Porsche has taken a different tack toward energy...