January 13, 2009
Good (short) video interview with Stanford economist John Taylor on increasing the money supply:...
Recognizing that he’s gotten a few mentions here lately, a lengthy new-ish Bloomberg video interview with economist Niall Ferguson:...
Municipal bond bail-out (FT/Lex) Senators Raise Questions About Geithner's Nomination at Treasury (WSJ) China slowdown 'big global risk' (BBC) Cornell to cut spending after endowment falls 27% (Bloomberg) Standard & Poor’s Puts Spanish Sovereign Debt On Ratings Watch Negative...
From a presentation I did today in San Francisco, here are the top-rated cable and network TV shows in the U.S. the day/week that Lehman died. I love the obliviousness. Network TV Cable TV...
Quote of the day goes to S&P credit analysts for this comment while keeping U.S. credit at a “AAA†rating: The rating (for the U.S.) was affirmed despite our judgment that fiscal risk has noticeably increased as we expect that...
So, it looks possible that Bernie Madoff is on the way to getting a plea deal in his fraud case. But if Bernie has no assets, or at most a teensy amount compared to investors $50b in losses, what’s the...
A continuing irregular feature here, Bond Headlines That Don’t Mean What You Think They Mean: Issuers, Create Your Own Enhancer [via Bond Buyer]...
I have a currency Zen question: When every country in the world is racing to simultaneously devalue its currency, against which Platonic non-earthly currency do they imagine they are devaluing their coinage? I’m not saying I don’t understand the instinct,...
Trade data today was one of those outrageous sorts of crazy thing that happen lately, and yet causes no-one to blink an eye. We had a nearly 30% drop in the U.S. trade deficit, one of the largest percentage drops...
Stephen Colbert on Bernie Madoff -- ponzi schemes versus Fonzi schemes. It's all strangely credible..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;}The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cPonzi SchemesColbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVDGreen ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview...
