The "Big Short" Falls Short
March 15, 2010 | 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
Let me get the easy part of this out of the way first. Michael Lewis is a remarkably gifted writer, and I have often found his books impossible to put down. When I first read his debut at...
read more »Hank Paulson, TARP and an Economy on the Brink
March 09, 2010 | 09:56 AM | 3 Comments
Many of my readers know that I am: (a) Reading every single book that comes out on the economic crisis of 2008, and (b) Reviewing every single credible book that comes out about the crisis of 2008,...
read more »It's Not as Bad as You Think
March 02, 2010 | 09:04 PM | 1 Comment
My ongoing series reviewing the major books written on the economic crisis of 2008 has hit an important stride. Some pivotal books on the subject have been released, or are nearing release, and I...
read more »The Sleight of Hand the Ron Paul Loonies are Trying to Pull on You
February 16, 2010 | 11:59 AM | 35 Comments
Since my title is as inflammatory as it is, allow me to clarify right up front: I do not think all Ron Paul supporters are loonies. I just happen to be referring to the ones who are loonies in this...
read more »Heroic Ideas, Heroic Men: The Supply Side Has Never Looked So Right
February 03, 2010 | 01:07 PM | 3 Comments
One can argue that history is essentially the study of heroes and villains. Heroism and villainry are often personified in the forms of living, breathing people like Winston Churchill (hero) or...
read more »It's the Morality, Stupid
January 28, 2010 | 04:57 PM | 0 Comments
James Carville told Bill Clinton in 1992 that they were going to win the election if they adequately communicated this thesis to the American people: “It’s the economy, stupid.” He...
read more »A Referendum Vote if There Ever Was One
January 19, 2010 | 02:14 PM | 3 Comments
Earlier this year, the SNL comedian Al Franken was sworn in as a Senator in the state of Minnesota. The only reason it happened was because Norm Coleman was part of a Republican party that was...
read more »Grasping at Fees: A Sure-Fire Way to Stifle the Economy
January 15, 2010 | 02:52 PM | 1 Comment
After twelve consecutive months of telling the Wall Street firms that (a) They need to lend more, and (b) They need to lend more, and (c) The only way to fix the economy is for Wall Street to lend...
read more »Calling it Straight on the Fed
January 04, 2010 | 12:08 AM | 3 Comments
The economic crisis has brought the standard emotion over the Federal Reserve to entirely new levels. I mean, if you thought people were opinionated about the central bank before the implosion of...
read more »Top Ten Books of 2009 (and a Few to be Excited about in 2010)
December 31, 2009 | 10:43 AM | 1 Comment
10) Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve, by William Fleckenstein. Perhaps it was overkill, but if you read this short little book from one of my favorite hedge...
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