The Big Picture

The Fed released its G.19 report on Consumer Credit last Thursday, and it stirred some optimism (see also here): The new U.S. consumer...

Why aren’t the honest bankers demanding prosecutions of their dishonest rivals? William K. Black April 11, 2011 6:05 AM > This...

On the employment front, there is the proverbial good news and bad news. Unemployment is falling. The four month period ending in March...

Pricing power. Those 2 magic words will be ever so important for those companies that rely on raw materials as an input cost as we ready...

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This week, The National Association of Attorneys General have their annual conference (called the Presidential Initiative Summit). The...

Nobel Laurelate and professor at Columbia University Joseph Stiglitz: “It’s not just that the people at the top are getting...

Following our QOTD is this interactive graphic from the Sunday NYT showing the relative compensation of 200 chief executives: > click...

Aprilm 12 is the release date for Paul Simon’s So Beautiful or So What. I love that artists allow NPR to stream their new...

Today’s QOTD: “Middle-class America experienced a lost decade in their retirement accounts, whereas executives enjoyed record...