- Mainstream media headline of the day (illustrated above): Lack of Jobs, Foreclosures May Keep US Housing Market Depressed. Awww, why don’t they get it some Paxil or something? – From the “put your money where your mouth is” department… Mises to Krugman: buy more stuff, dude (via TakeAReport) – Minimum wage laws apparently have [...]
The Fed’s Not Letting Just Anyone In The Bunker This Year
August 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · bernanke
Every year around this time, Fed officials from all its regional banks get together for a little retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The activities (other than talking about how much ink needs to be ordered for the printing press this year) usually include hiking, rafting and other outdoorsy things – and, of course, a meeting [...]
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BERNANKE: “DON’T WORRY, I WILL SAVE THE DAY”
(THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST, 8/27/10)
The Fed’s Fallacious “QE Lite” Logic
(naked capitalism, 8/12/10)
Summer Rerun: Martin Wolf: Banks Hold Central Bankers Hostage
(naked capitalism, 8/21/10)
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Thursday Night Links
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · links
- TRB looks at the Government Motors IPO. Get long petroleum, they’re ordering a lot of lipstick for this pig – Maybe YOU can’t get blood from a stone, but cable companies are sure deriving a lot of revenue from unoccupied homes and condos – Donald Trump joins the teabaggers (h/t Bart L.) HuffPo has [...]
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Main Street Brigade Featuring Elizabeth Warren: Regulators, Mount Up (Video)
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · regulatin
It would be better if it were Warren G calling for Elizabeth Warren to regulate (or is that too many Warrens?), but we’re still amused that a group called the Main Street Brigade has produced a hip-hop video calling for her nomination as director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection: The Main Street Brigade [...]
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Normal service is resumed
(naked capitalism, 7/29/10)
Why Burton G. Malkiel is More Right Than Wrong
(Investment U, 7/12/10)
Judge Pares Fraud Case Involving a Political Consultant
(Hedge Fund Blogs From HedgeCo.Net, 7/30/10)
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In Re: The Mysterious Case Of the White House TARP
August 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · breaking news
So there’s a tarp thrown over the west wing of the White House – no context or anything, there’s just this picture on the AP or whatever. Remodeling? Bug bomb? Alien autopsy? Reorganizing all the government files that literally shouldn’t see the light of day? Your guess is as good as mine. It took me [...]
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Fears of Regime Change in New York
(naked capitalism, 8/26/10)
Geithner Yet Again Misrepresents TARP “Performance”
(naked capitalism, 6/22/10)
91 Banks Miss May TARP Payment, 68 Banks Miss Multiple Payments; Top 10 Sovereign Debt Default Ri...
(Phil’s Stock World - Members S..., 6/17/10)
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