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Economic and Economist Problems

credit, Debt, economy, Insolvency, Keynesian Tagged with: Keynesian, Paul Krugman, Rolfe Winkler

Sep 302009

Rolfe Winkler explains the economic problem facing the US and why current policies cannot work. In the process he batters Keynesian economics and Paul Krugman (who might better start writing with invisible ink so his prior columns and positions cannot

James Quinn

credit, Debt, economy, Government, Insolvency Tagged with: Barack Obama, Economic, Federal government of the United States, Government debt, Income tax, Tax, United States, US

Sep 302009

James Quinn with another well-researched and provocative post: Congress has done a phenomenal job in taxing, spending and borrowing. Nobody does it better. They should get a Congressional gold medal for taxing, spending and borrowing. Up until 1913, the government

Important Read on Economy

credit, Debt, dollar, economy, Government, Inflation, Insolvency, markets Tagged with: Economic, Federal government of the United States, Government debt, Public Debt, Social Security, United States, US Dollar, US government

Sep 302009

Those who have been following this blog know that the US dollar is vulnerable. It may be the most important factor in determining an investment strategy over the next couple of years. This conclusion is based upon the mathematical impossibility

Truth and Humor

Government, humor Tagged with: Politics of the United States, United States

Sep 302009

Rolfe Winkler Navigating the Capital Jungle « Previous Post September 30th, 2009 BlogArt: The money you could be saving… Click to enlarge in new window Share/Save Download article as PDF

Yogi Berra Government

banks, credit, Debt, economy, Fed, Housing, markets, moral hazard Tagged with: Business, Federal Housing Administration, Financial Services, Henry Hazlitt, Loan, Mortgage, Mortgage loan, United States

Sep 302009

A recovery in the economy can only occur via recovery in the private sector. Much of what has been hailed as “green shoots” results from government stimulus. It is not clear what is being stimulated other than reported GDP, because

The Housing Market

economy, Fed, markets, martenson Tagged with: Business, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, Freddie Mac, Mortgage, Mortgage-backed security, U.S. Housing Market

Sep 302009

Here is a piece by Chris Martenson that details the Federal involvement in housing. As you read this, recall that it was housing that started this economic crisis and that Fannie and Freddie, “government sponsored agencies,” were the vehicles. These

OOPS! Looks Like a Bad Investment

credit, Debt, economy, Housing, Insolvency Tagged with: Business, Default, Fannie Mae, Financial Services, Freddie, Freddie Mac, Loan, Mortgage

Sep 302009

We have all been made unwilling investors in Fannie and Freddie, courtesy of our government. I’m not sure how many mortgages you or I own, but the following chart isn’t good news. I hope the mortgages I own are not

CNBC Ratings Plummet

economy, markets Tagged with: Advertising, CNBC, Fair market value, Jeffrey R. Immelt, NBC, Nielsen, Nielsen Ratings, Television

Sep 292009

There is ample evidence that the retail investor has not come back to the market. These stats are consistent with this evidence. They may also be indicative of the fact that people are tiring of “tout” TV. My impression, based

Is Obama Failing Along With Everything Else?

credit, currency, Debt, economy, Government, Insolvency, markets Tagged with: Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea, Nuclear weapon, United States, US, Washington Post

Sep 292009

For investors, markets are tough to navigate even in good times. But these are not good or normal times. Our economy is arguably in the worst shape it has been in 80 years. The financial system still borders on collapse

Economic and Political Bad News

economy Tagged with: art, Energy, Environment, NBC, New York Times, Technology, United States, Wildfire

Sep 292009

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Health Care “Market”

Government, healthcare, markets Tagged with: Anti-Regulation, Free market, Government, Health, Health care, Health Policy, Regulation, United States

Sep 292009

Many people believe that the problems in our current healthcare system are created by a failure of the free-market. Accepting such a premise, it is easy to look to some type of government intervention to improve matters. But it is

What Economic Policy?

economy, Government, Rosenberg Tagged with: Economic, Government spending, Gross domestic product, Harvard University, Unemployment, United States, Wall Street, Washington

Sep 292009

That we are in an economic mess is well known. That the so-called economic policies applied by Washington will do little to correct the problems (indeed, they will exacerbate the problems and greatly extend the economic misery) is less well-known

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