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Behind every bubble: Goldman Sachs

Jun 25, 2009
Matt Taibbi is the Attila the Hun of contemporary journalism. He's not big on subtlety or nuance, but it is pointless to argue with the devastation and destruction left in his wake once he's...

Another day, another self-defeating energy bill compromise

Jun 24, 2009
The Waxman-Markey energy bill, a.k.a. "American Clean Energy and Security Act," now appears headed for a Friday vote in the House of Representatives -- but only after a few more compromises aimed...

G.M.'s Death Spiral Accelerates

May 15, 2009
If Thursday's spike in jobless claims was partially attributable to Chrysler layoffs, as some press reports have suggested, then worse is to come, judging by the news from General...

Obama crushes the Chrysler hedge funds

May 8, 2009
If the showdown between the White House and Chrysler's dissident hedge fund bondholders was the first round of a prizefight, then Obama just scored a knockout with his first punch. Last Thursday,...

Did dinner with Obama pay off for the White House?

May 8, 2009
So just what exactly, besides roast beef, did Obama feed Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz at their dinner with the president on April 27? Check out these passages from the two Nobel Prize-winning...

The wrong response to ClimateGate

Nov 24, 2009
At the New York Times DotEarth blog, University of Chicago Geophysicist Raymond Pierrehumbert  sidesteps any discussion of the controversial content of the hacked climate change e-mails and focuses solely on the computer network break in, calling it...

Peak globalization

Nov 24, 2009
Wishful thinking or apocalyptic doom forecasting? Fred Curtis, an economist at Drew University, has put together a mashup of peak oil, global warming, and patterns in global trade liberalization and arrived at the principle of "Peak Globalization."...

The plot against Google

Nov 24, 2009
On Sunday, the Financial Times broke the news that Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. were cooking up a plan in which Microsoft would pay News Corp to "delist" its media properties from Google. Today, Bloomberg reports that a couple of other...

Treasury Secretary Jamie Dimon?

Nov 23, 2009
Most ridiculous economics-related story of the week (I know, it's early yet, but it's a short week): A New York Post article by Mark DeCambre suggesting JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a replacement for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. Yes,...

Pfizer's Thanksgiving road-trip pet agenda

Nov 23, 2009
I've seen some self-serving press releases in my day, but this beauty from Pfizer, "Pfizer Encourages Families To Bring Their Dogs To This Year's Holiday Celebration," (found via Jim Edwards' BNET Pharma blog) deserves a special award, by deftly...


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