Escape from the Euro
European leaders agreed on a new ‘comprehensive’ solution to the Euro crisis, for the 5th or 6th time. LOL. This one isn’t even worth the paper it is written on. Apparently a...
Category: Economics
Tribute to Paul Krugman
A tribute to Nobel Prize winning economist, New York Times columnist and all-round decent guy – http://www.epi.org/publication/epi-25-paul-krugman-video/
The Automatic Earth
Tribute to one of my favorite Financial Activist site – The Automatic Earth. Sometime a little radical and extreme, but often right on the mark and an important contribution to the conversation.
A busy day across the pond
Well the EURO Zone had a very busy day today, on the eve of the labour day weekend here in North America. WE, over here, actually did not have a busy day. The U.S....
How to Blow your Brains out with Debt – a handy guide
Too good to miss – a handy guide – Step 1- Borrow the 5% minimum down payment on a credit card or from a family member…….Step 2- Take advantage of the 5% cash-back mortgage...
Wither Now Economics?
I have been reviewing different opinions on the economy and trying to decide where things are going. One point of view is the Uber-Inflationist, which hold the US Federal Reserve has pumped so much...
China’s Ghosts
I have heard that China has enough empty houses that nobody wants to buy to house Canada’s population 2 or 3 times over. Actually there are 68 million vacant and unwanted housing units build...
Industries that do well in recession
Reading about the economy has gotten me all gloomy! And there is a lot to be gloomy about – see my previous posts, The Bank Played on… and Canadian Economic Outlook. Oh, and there...
Risk, black swans and QE2
Author Nassim Taleb, of Fooled by Randomness and more recently The Black Swan, dubbed as “the guy you can’t afford not to listen to” talks about the current move by the US Federal Reserve...