Russell Brand On Newsnight
Surprisingly intelligent and articulate discussion on Media and Fame . . .
Dollar’s Biggest Decline? 2001-08
The hand-wringing about the US dollar is rather late to the party. Where were all you concerned dollar bulls earlier in the decade? It...
A Closer Look at Strategic Defaulters
The Washington Post has an interesting — and not very surprising — article on Strategic Defaulters. It is based on a study by...
Weed Card by Garfunkel and Oates
Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci sing about the perils of obtaining medical marijuana in...
Podcast: Ritholtz on Radio Free Ratigan
click for audio > This was a fun discussion about the dirty money in politics. Transcript and MP3 after the jump
Minsky Conference “Gary Gorton” Debate
Last week, the Levy Economics Institute hosted the 20th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference, a wonkish discussion on all things Hyman...
World Gold Bug Article on WSJ Front Page
Front page WSJ story today — World Is Bitten by the Gold Bug: “Gold continued its upward march in a time of global financial...
Is a US Default Inevitable?
Pragmatic Capitalism ran this last July– while I don’t agree with it, I do find it thought provoking: Download: Jeff...