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Wildly busy today, but a quick election factoid that got my attention:
Voters in U.S. 2008 presidential election: c. 131 million
Total voters in all U.S. pres. elections, 1788-1908: c. 137 million-- via PPI
Relatedly, voter turnout is currently thought to have been around 64.1%, which is huge, the most since 1960. Put another way, almost as many people voted for Barack Obama as voted in the entire 2006 mid-term Federal election.
I have a new column up where I contest, at least a little, the idea that Wall Street is obsessed with President-elect Obama.
More here.
Just found the following in my email spam folder. Federal Reserve-related spam. When the Fed has enough broad consumer name recognition to prompt people to open goofy emails then you know something is badly wrong in the world.
From today's Web 2 Summit in San Francisco, analyst Mary Meeker's slide deck on tech markets:
I have been savagely critical of Meeker many times in the past, so I post this advisedly. It may be hazardous to your health.
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I have been savagely critical of Meeker many times in the past, so I post this advisedly. It may be hazardous to your health.