Why has so little of the so-called stimulus money been spent?
Stimulus
How To Say Recovery In Australian: Keynes?
Was the Australian stimulus plan and subsequent recover a victory for Keynesian economics?
The Great Recession's Ten Commandments
One: I am The Great Recession that snapped you out of your debt binge and brought the entire world to its knees, thou shalt compare no other recessions to me.
Dear Class of 2010, Here Are Your Job Options
To those of you who will be graduating next spring, use these five industries as your starting point for locating job opportunities. The upside for those engaged in bankruptcy, union labor, regulation, lobbying and big government will be nothing short of staggering.
States Are Eating The Stimulus Money, Not Stimulating With It
In this week’s Thoughts From The Frontline, John Mauldin looks at the prospects of recovery through the prism of what tax receipts look like. In an interesting aside, he sheds light on the fact that several states, their budgets and finances in disastrous condition, are using federal stimulus money to plug holes rather than fund…
Stimulus Was Meaningless For Jobs
The good professor has brought back an old chart that Obama’s econ team used to justify the stimulus package earlier this year and annotated it (in red) to illustrate how far the reality deviated from the projections. From Greg Mankiw’s Blog: When the Obama stimulus plan was proposed, the president’s economic team put out a…
Hot Links: Warren G, Bill Clinton & the Facebook IPO
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… What agreements and tangible progress came out of the G-20? More than you think. (DealBook) News to me! Those who are dying to get in on the Facebook IPO have an extremely early and expensive option. (Clusterstock) Talking capitalism and entrepreneurship with Bill Clinton and friends. (Forbes) Gangsta Rap legend…
Hot Links: So Cute Your Head Will Explode
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… 8 Reasons Goldman Sachs Says Buy The Chinese Selloff. (TPC) Sex offenders living under a bridge receiving stimulus money. I’d say that “stimulus” is the least of their problems, yuk yuk yuk. (DailyBeast) Buffett still selling Moody’s. Sucks to be a ratings agency these days. (Bloomberg) Nikki takes us behind…
Hot Links: The Pentatonic Scale
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3090598&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Jefferson County, Alabama: the brokest county in all the land. (NYT) Barry Ritholtz does a killer guest post for Prieur‘s site discussing the analysts. (Investment Postcards) China’s governments create a bottom in commercial real estate by intervention. (FT) Speaking of China, Karabell looks at why their stimulus is…
Kidz Korner: What Does Stimulus Mean?
Kidz Korner is a relatively new feature here on The Reformed Broker where I explain complex financial issues to kids from the neighborhood in a simple, straightforward way. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Little Timmy Johnson: Hey Mister TRB, can I ask you a question? The Reformed Broker: You just did… Timmy: Oh. Sorry, can I ask you another…
