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- how’s that “ignoring the root causes” thing working out for you?
Via a friend on Facebook: Well, it would work out pretty well if the government weren’t easing the money supply and encouraging fiscally unsound lending to cause (1), Sen. Dodd wasn’t destroying the capital that startups need to experiment with alternatives to (2), and if the existing government regulations actually prevented (3). Yeah, looks like [...]
11 May 2010 
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- crushing entrepreneurs’ capital
Or, “toldyousotoldyousotoldyouso.” For years, James Taranto quoted novelist and journalist Mark Helprin in a running gag called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch”. In that quote, the latter (correctly) predicted the media would suddenly, magically, rediscover social problems that mysteriously disappeared from 1993 to 2001. Similarly, I’d like to introduce a new segment on this blog which will [...]
10 May 2010 Economics, Politics, Technology; no comments. permalink
- misunderestimating obama
From tonight’s address to Congress: But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it. The first internal combustion engine was [...]
25 Feb 2009 Economics, History, Politics; no comments. permalink
- rick santelli’s capitalist rant
He’s no Jim Mora (he actually makes sense), but CNBC’s longtime man in Chicago works up the crowd at the CBOT: (via Jeremy H)
20 Feb 2009 Economics, Politics; one comment. permalink
- biting the hand that feeds you
From the Economist this week: New York state’s comptroller said that BONUSES paid by Wall Street firms to their New York City employees (residents and commuters) fell by 44% in 2008, costing the state $1 billion in lost tax revenues and the city $275m. Finally, an end to the bonuses! The rich no longer getting [...]
29 Jan 2009 Economics, Politics, Telegram Metro (NYC); one comment. permalink
- pessimism we can believe in
Yeswecanhopechange, it seems, stops at science’s edge: the New York Times‘s John Tierney notes that his august holiness President-Elect Barack Obama (peace be upon him) has selected Dr. John Holdren as White House science advisor. Dr. Holdren was a key ally of pessimistic entymologist and alarmist Paul Ehrlich during the latter’s famous bet with Julian [...]
25 Dec 2008 Economics, Politics, Science!; no comments. permalink
- wu-tang financial
First Jay-Z and now the Wu. “Because you and your fam can’t be relying on wankstas like Smith Barney.” .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url(‘http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png’) !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} Chappelle’s Show Wu Tang Financial Charlie Murphy ClipsBuy Chappelle’s Show DVDs Black ComedyTrue Hollywood Stories [via Merlin Mann's Kung Fu Grippe]
05 Dec 2008 Economics, Music; no comments. permalink
- a study of myopia and hysteria
I like doing things with Helvetica and the Adobe Creative Suite. I also like infographics explaining why many of you are wrong. This is my latest creation.
23 Nov 2008 Economics, History; 2 comments. permalink
- election freebie stores learn about price floors
The Dupont Circle Krispy Kreme is handing out free doughnuts to all comers today (though they’re trying to convince people to show their ‘I Voted’ stickers first, against very stupid, anti-doughnut, federal election laws). And guess what: handing things out for free causes some discomfort: In an almost-too-good-to-be-true foreshadowing of the Obama presidency, the donutistas [...]
04 Nov 2008 Economics, Politics; no comments. permalink
- nobel prize roundup
The Nobel Peace Prize went to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. He’ll be receiving the prize without much fanfare, because he’s not quite audacious enough—he isn’t accusing a people trying to not-be-bombed of apartheid, and he isn’t cooking up AIDS conspiracy theories or starting a new religion. Ahtisaari—who grew up during the Finno-Russian Winter War, [...]
15 Oct 2008 Economics; no comments. permalink
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