The ‘Big Short’ Movie Gets It Right
The ‘Big Short’ Gets It Right Explanations driven by ideology don’t hold up. Bloomberg, January 6, 2016 ...
Bah humbug to ridiculous year-end financial advice
Bah humbug to ridiculous year-end financial advice Washington Post, December 26, 2015 It’s that time of year when...
Damaged Terror Alert System
“Salil Mehta is a two-time Administration executive, leading Treasury/TARP’s analytics team, as well as PBGC’s policy,...
What to Think About in the Coming Year…
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at the usual run of terrible year end...
Trump: The Economy is in a Bubble (No, its not)
Trump’s Bubble Predictions Are for Losers The Donald’s economic forecasts are no better than guesswork. Bloomberg December...
Hypocrisy, Perry is Thy Name
@TBPInvictus here: I recently put up some commentary about Mark Perry’s table purporting to show that euro nations without a...
The Halo Effect: Bad Forecasts by Billionaires
Don’t Believe Billionaires’ Predictions Sam Zell’s warning of a looming recession probably isn’t any more valid...
More Minimum Wage Stupidity
@TBPInvictus In his latest screed against the minimum wage, Mark Perry goes international in an attempt to demonstrate that countries...
Levine on Fed Day
If you are not reading Matt Levine’s Money Stuff, you are missing the best daily missive on the street, and making a Really,...
GOP Seeks to Consolidate Gains, Build Party Loyalty
Just in time for tonight’s GOP debate, comes this 1985 piece looking at the major political realignment that took place. I suspect...