The Big Picture

One of our last reads of 2011: • The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value (Forbes) • Occupy Beijing? (Diplomat)...

Around this time of year, people begin making New Year’s resolutions. They are invariably doomed to failure for the same reason...

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...

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,...

Click for interactive chart: Source: Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond Envisioning Technology, November 2011

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 is poised to complete its 11th consecutive annual gain, the longest winning streak in at least nine decades, on the brink of a bear...

Nice grouping of economic blogs named “essentail” in Inc this week. (click thru for the full discussion on each). They...

Fannie and Freddie Fantasies By William K. Black Thursday, December 29, 2011 ~~~ > An important but fundamentally flawed debate about...

Sopa Would DESTROY Jobs and the Economy … So Why are Unions Supporting It? No, Sopa Would Not Save Jobs or Help the Economy … It...