Last year, 3.9 million Americans ran out of unemployment insurance benefits, according to a new analysis provided to HuffPost by the National Employment Law Project.
Those 3.9 million are not necessarily still unemployed, and not all of them are…
After reading this, you might want to grab a blanket and head for your ‘happy place’…..
The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark will catalyze a…
Global Bond Growth Rate Decelerates to Pre-Crisis Levels: Credit Markets
By Sapna Maheshwari –
Jan 20, 2011 7:02 AM ET
The global bond market’s expansion is slowing for the first time since 2005 as governments withdraw stimulus and credit conditio…
Maybe this time ISN’T different…..
Humans, for whatever reason, tend to project the past into the future. It is an emotional flaw in our genetic makeup. It is also the reason why so many otherwise intelligent people miss the big turning points …
Home price drops exceed Great Depression
NEW YORK | Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:40am EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Home prices fell for the 53rd consecutive month in November, taking the decline past that of the Great Depression …
From the Benzinga website….
I commented in a previous article that “if you think that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is unpopular, consider the tragic case of Takahashi Korekiyo, who served as Bank of Japan governor from 1911-1913 and as finance min…
A veritable plethora of contradictory statements that could lead you to believe that Bernanke is a few slices short of a loaf….
“I am a macroeconomist rather than an historian. My focus will be on broad economic issues rather than details.”
Pro…
Here’s a random commenter from Denningerworld who agrees with me about the geniuses who “run” things.
Moral of the story? Don’t simply apply a thought in your head to the real world and expect it to work the way you imagined it.
It’s not the mark o…
Uh…..no.If I hear that one more time I am gonna scream “We” have no idea. This is “our pain” vs. “theirs.” Stop using this bullsheet line. DEPRESSION.jpg AAPL2.gif Depression 2.jpg spoiled-kids.jpg Depression 3.jpg BINGERS.jpg …
I got this email today: Dear Lee What happened to getting a straight-forward home loan, a fair credit card, and respect for the value of…
