Jobless in Seattle? Not Yet, Anyway. Part 2
@TBPInvictus On Wednesday, I threw in my $0.02 about the controversy surrounding the increase in Seattle’s minimum wage. Unlike any...
Jobless in Seattle? Not Yet, Anyway.
@TBPInvictus Barry wrote yesterday about how political bias can corrupt economic analysis. It’s something he and I discuss all the...
The Not So Friendly Skies
@TBPInvictus I’m excited about skiplagged.com, the website that is currently being sued by United Airlines and Orbitz for enabling...
Oil prices are not Taxes!!
Aaargghh! Over the past 2 days, I heard Treasury Secretary John Snow, CNBC commentator James Cramer, and several other heads engage in...
Can radical Islam can win?
Interesting commentary from The Asian Times: Spain’s elections show why radical Islam can win: “Radical Islam has scored its...
Money, Gold, and the Great Depression
With all the mayhem of the past few weeks, several Fed speeches got overlooked. The one I found most intriguing was not from Big Al;...
Presidential Job Worries (historical)
Source: The Dismal Scientist The intersection between economics and politics continues, with this rather fascinating chart via The Dismal...
Time: Not on the Recording Industry’s Side II
We previously noted a chart out of the WSJ detailing the many competing demands on the consumer’s time. Consider this data within...
China Feeds the Beast: the U.S. Appetite for Cheap Goods and...
In case you missed it, there was a fascinating (and long) piece in Friday’s WSJ: “As China Surges, It Also Proves A Buttress...