A conversation with Richard Posner on Charlie Rose
Posner is touting his new book "A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression." This video with Charlie Rose runs just under 25 minutes.
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A conversation about the growing fiscal deficit on Charlie Rose
Alan Blinder, David Leonhardt, and Alan Auerbach talk about deficits. Leonhardt had a well-regarded piece in the New York Times on the issue linked below. There are two basic truths about the enormous deficits that the federal…
BRICS or CRIBS? – Meeting in Moscow to coordinate policy
Marc Chandler, Global Head of Currency Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman has a good piece out today highlighting the differing economic policy agendas of the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and China). In it he suggests CRIBS is a…
The bezzle is shrinking
"In many ways the effect of the crash on embezzlement was more significant than on suicide. To the economist embezzlement is the most interesting of crimes. Alone among the various forms of larceny it has a time parameter. Weeks,…
Ken Lewis points the finger at Bernanke and Paulson
The drama at Bank of America continues with Ken Lewis testifying before Congress today. Most of the events surround claims by Lewis that he was coerced into doing the Merrill deal by Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke. I…
Roubini’s RGE Monitor: Threat of ‘Asia-Style Crisis’ in Eastern Europe
I am not the only one who sees events in Latvia as a potential catalyst for further downside risk to the reflation trade. Mary Stokes over at Nouriel Roubini’s site has a very readable post out on why we should be watching events in that…
Repayments will make banks weaker and could lead to more failures
Yesterday, I argued that allowing banks to repay TARP funds meant a continuation of overcapacity in financial services, which was a direct contributor to the credit crisis through its dampening impact on unlevered returns. Some of the…
A conversation about Prop. 8 with David Boies on Charlie Rose
This case is going to the Supreme Court of the United States. It will be a landmark ruling when the issue is decided. Take a look at what David Boies has to say about the issue.
Initial and continuing jobless claims decline
The number of persons filing an initial claim for unemployment insurance in the week just ended May 30 declined to 621,000 from 625,000 the prior week. In addition, the number of persons still receiving unemployment insurance dropped to…
ISM Manufacturing Index: New orders growing
The Institute for Supply Management released its monthly manufacturing index. The data shows that the manufacturing sector is still contracting with the headline number rising to 42.8 in May, up from 40.1 in April. This number was ahead of…