Archive for the 'Economics' Category

Weekly News Feed July 17, 2009

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Bay Area home prices, sales up, well not really
Ain’t life grand?
Washington’s Dilemma: This Isn’t a Recession, It’s a Collapse
Political science warned of coming violence, unrest and other trouble. Political science was right.
Subprime debt’s new threat to housing
The bank was saved, but the people were ruined
Time to tackle the real evil: too much debt
10 Reasons Employment [...]

Weekly News Feed July 10, 2009

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

We should start rewarding the hero class, those who didn’t buy into the bubble
The Great American Bubble Machine
Zero money down, not subprime loans, led to the mortgage meltdown.
OK, Let’s Talk Prop 13
Expect More Home Price Declines Almost Everywhere
Layoff fears keep buyers out of homes
This is not your father’s recession
Big Banks Don’t Want California’s [...]

Weekly News Feed July 03, 2009

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

California rolls out $3.36 billion in IOUs today
San Francisco has recession’s 1st distressed office sale
Jobless picture leaves recovery on shakier ground
Sellers Hallucinate About Future Prices
Loan Mod Vs Walking away
Why We Need Deflation
Can a Market Crash Save Us from Hyperinflation?
3 bad reasons to buy a house
California Misses Deadline to Avoid Issuing Need IOUs
The Science of Economic [...]

Daily News Feed June 30, 2009

Monday, June 29th, 2009

New home sales fall unexpectedly
Can Obama keep up with falling home prices?
The Tyranny of Mark-to-Market Rules for Houses
First picture of kidnap gang pensioner who abducted financial adviser after he lost £2m savings
Instead of Real Financial Reform, Obama’s Plan capitulates to Wall Street
Goldman Sachs: “Engineering Every Major Market Manipulation Since The Great Depression”

Daily News Feed June 29, 2009

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

4 of America’s nastiest housing busts
America’s Most Troubled Luxury Neighborhoods
Living life without credit cards to fall on
Housing, unemployment woes leave movers shaken
The path to recovery is getting narrower
World’s Best and Worst Performing Real Estate Markets In The First Quarter

Daily News Feed June 26, 2009

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Let’s Learn to Love Falling Home Prices
Golden State losing folks as old Dust Bowl beckons
U.S. homes recovery distressingly slow:
Not so Fast: Appetite for risk may have returned, but the crisis is not over
Top Chinese banker Guo Shuqing calls for wider use of yuan
Agent Refuses to Work on an Hourly Rate

Daily News Feed June 25, 2009

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Foreclosure Sales Steadily Climbing in California
AEI Subprime Danish: (nearly) Complete Annotated Transcript
The U.S. is about to go broke and they’ll take us down with them
Recovery’s Missing Ingredient: New Jobs
The Big Inflationist Scare

Daily News Feed June 24, 2009

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Here come higher interest rates
Economist puts dent in optimism: bigger crash is coming
Don’t believe all the hype of home sales
Madoff locked away and forgotten but not his lessons hopefully
New program yet to help buyers land homes
Why I want to buy a house in Flint, Mich.