Baseline Scenario on why inequality doesn’t benefit society.
NPR’s interview with Joshua Kosman, on private equity firms and a coming PE crash, is worth a listen.
The Good News Economist reports only positive economic news. When you need a happy fix, go here.
Brett Arends on why [...]
I remember my first noticing current Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot back when I joined the Clinton Treasury. "But... he's lying!" I said. "Yes," said the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. "Deal with it."
Sixteen years later, and Paul Gigot is still lying:
The Washington Post's Perry Bacon, Jr. really is the worst reporter ever.
I cannot transcribe or even copy-and-paste any of it. It is too horrible.
Shut it down. Shut it down now.
Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?
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No wonder Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the Virginia couple and "Real Housewives" wannabes that crashed Obama's first state dinner last week, are looking for big bucks to tell their story.
They apparently owe a lot of money to a lot of people.
CNN [...]
I hope they get this sorted out. Fast.
Amid widening concern over unintended acceleration events, including an Aug. 28 crash near San Diego that killed a California Highway Patrol officer and his family, Toyota has repeatedly pointed to "floor mat entrapment" as the problem.
But accounts from motorists [...]
Click on graph for larger image in new window.This is disgusting. [...]
Click on graph for larger image in new window.Shut 'em both down now. Please. The stupid--it BURNS!!!!
Duncan Black:
Eschaton: Slutty Schoolgirl? Really? I thought the Newsweek cover was obviously a poor choice even if right wingers were getting a bit overwrought in their criticisms. But they also include a slutty Palin schoolgirl doll? What the fuck? Of' [...]
This is the opening of my essay that I blogged on last week, “How Little We Know,” on the hopes for financial reform:
When an airplane crashes, expert investigators probe the cause of the crash. Their analysis can lead to changes in aircraft design, flight procedures, and regulations in hopes of [...]
Michael Fletcher and Neil Irwin are an embarrassment to the Washington Post.
Think of that.
Let's turn the mike over to Tim Fernholz:
TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect: President Obama has announced his intention to hold a Jobs Summit at the White House, reacting to the high unemployment rate and [...]
Yet another journamalistic enterprise that we would all be better off without, and that in a just world would dry up and blow away immediately. Menzie Chinn has the mike:
Econbrowser: Politico Does Economic Analysis...: Be afraid; be very afraid.
From "'Created or saved' doesn't add up", by' [...]
