Monty Python – Dennis Moore
This redistribution of wealth is trickier than it looks . . . Hat tip Naked Keynesianism
Friday Week Ending Reads
One of our last reads of 2011: • The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value (Forbes) • Occupy Beijing? (Diplomat)...
Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity
Around this time of year, people begin making New Year’s resolutions. They are invariably doomed to failure for the same reason...
Meredith Whitney, 2011 Winner, Elaine Garzarelli One-Hit Wonder...
With this post, we officially move Meredith Whitney into the Unguru camp. You can blame the headline on me; the rest is by David and...
Four Whoppers of 2011
The Big Lie is the gift that keeps giving: No. 1. “The financial crisis was caused not by Wall Street but by the federal government,...
Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond
Click for interactive chart: Source: Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond Envisioning Technology, November 2011
2011 Markets: Lots of Motion, Nothing to Show For It
Here we are, the final session for equity markets in Europe and the United States. As has been my habit forever, I take this week off to...
Gold Bubble Seen by Soros on Brink of Bear Market
Gold is poised to complete its 11th consecutive annual gain, the longest winning streak in at least nine decades, on the brink of a bear...
Inc’s 10 Essential Economic Blogs
Nice grouping of economic blogs named “essentail” in Inc this week. (click thru for the full discussion on each). They...
Fannie and Freddie Fantasies
Fannie and Freddie Fantasies By William K. Black Thursday, December 29, 2011 ~~~ > An important but fundamentally flawed debate about...