Still Different, but Showing Signs of Life
We’ve been fond of noting how different this economic cycle of recession and recovery has been. These discrepancies are particularly...
Industrial Production during Economic Expansions
SOURCE: Chart of the Day The average trend in industrial production during the first 24 months of every economic expansion from 1954 to...
Terror Futures Market
Quote of the Day “When I saw that article the other day about a market being established to bet on the probability of wars, terrorist...
Top Line Versus Bottom Line Growth
With two thirds of the S&P500 and DJIA companies reporting earnings – and 66% reporting upside surprises – we thought it an...
The Danger of Dogma
About six months ago, Professor Boskin, an economist at Stanford who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under...
Impatience at the Federal Reserve: The New Productivity...
Special Report: FOMC Meeting June 25, 2003 IntroductionOn June 25, 2003, the Federal Reserve announced they were cutting rates by 25...
Robotic Nation
Marshall Brain has put up an absolutely fascinating — and economically scary — piece titled Robotic Nation. After...
Barron’s calls President Bush a liar
I was stunned to read this in Alan Abelson’s column today in Barron’s. With humor and a gentle touch, Abelson clucks about...
photos of Oday and Qusai
Graphic photos of Saddam Hussein’s two eldest sons, Oday and Qusai, are visible here Meanwhile, rumors swirl of Saddams capture . . .
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