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Unemployment Economic Edition

November 14, 2008 By Bill Rice Leave a Comment
unemployment

I though since our economy is (almost sequentially) taking us through a course in classic economic theory I would make today a deep dive on employment and its role in the economy. Economic Reading If you are looking to brush up on all of your economic classics I have assembled a great economics reading list. Or, if you prefer to have all the quintessential classic economic writings in one place I recommend Michael Lewis's The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics. Official … [Read more...]

Weekend Notes

October 18, 2008 By Bill Rice Leave a Comment
baseball economy

Weekend Read File: Will economic collapse hurt contracts for baseball players? Time to Clean Up After the Party An Example of Economics at Work Bernanke is Fighting the Last War Churchill's Dictum and Henry Paulson PIMCO's Gross sees market confidence restored 'in weeks' on bank rescue (this guy is incredible-sarcasm in voice) Have we learned the right lessons from the Great Depression? Mark Cuban helping to watchdog our tax dollars Sequoia tells portfolio companies to hunker down (presentation … [Read more...]

Cheap Shot on Richard Syron, Inflated Appraisals, Economy in Danger of Equilibrium, Economic Recovery, Inflation Illusions

August 18, 2008 By Bill Rice Leave a Comment

RealClearMarkets.com: NY Times Cheap Shot on Freddie Mac's Richard Syron? I am really enjoying my recent discovery of RealClearMarkets.com. Beyond a great flow of market news it also has some clear features that I find helpful in my analysis, like Unconventional Wisdom a parallel reading of two sides of current issues. Here is a great compare and contrast of the Freddie Mac Warning Memo: The chief executive of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac rejected internal warnings that could have protected the … [Read more...]