Sandy preparations get crazy [Update 2]
My town near Rochester, NY is in the path of Hurricane Sandy. Category 1 hurricanes probably aren’t such a big …
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Idle Rant Regarding Popular Bubble Theory
Perhaps there is something to the reasoning that investment bubbles occur from the influence of the central bank on interest …
Romney has his work cut out for him if he wins the election: A chronicle of a former Tea Partier
If Romney becomes the President-elect on November 6th, he will have facing him a momentous task of rebuilding national political …
Impressions of the final Presidential debate of the election season: There’s a bubble in China bashing
For regular readers, it likely goes without saying that my hope is that Obama is done and he’ll be ready …
I don’t buy the “China is a currency manipulator” demagoguery
In the Presidential debate last night, Mitt Romney accused China of being a currency manipulator; and I have to say …
Does the 14th Amendment require colorblindness? Cass Sunstein doesn’t think so.
Here is the text of the 14th amendment (abridged to include only clauses 1&5): Amendment 14 – Citizenship Rights. Ratified …
Did Obama call the attack on the US Embassy in Libya an “act of terror” or didn’t he?
Here’s the only place where the words “act of terror” appear to together in Obama’s Rose Garden announcement of the …
Monetary policy accountability: What to do when the economy is collapsing and the Fed focuses on the banks
If one accepts the theory that the financial crisis was unnecessary due to mismanagement of monetary policy, there a few …
1 in 6 Americans is struggling with hunger
That’s ~53m people who don’t have enough to eat in the land of plenty (up 7% since 2007). Because this …
The VP debate is tonight – and other things
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan will be stepping into the verbal boxing ring tonight. I don’t hold much expectation for …
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