Challenges Loom Larger Than Feared With Sharpest Contraction Since 1982 (Washington Post)
Our Tax System Explained: Bar Stool Economics
February 26, 2009Given the news today of the Obama tax and spend proposal I thought I would share something I came across some time ago:
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. Read the rest of this entry »
What Does $700 Billion Look Like?
February 25, 2009What $700,000,000,000.00 (seven hundred billion) looks like in cold, hard cash: Read the rest of this entry »
Stimulus May Raise Your Rates
February 25, 2009“Will anyone buy all the debt the government is issuing to pay for its bailout programs? If not, interests rates on a whole host of things could jump.”
Housing Prices Are Still Way Too High
February 22, 2009The Housing Chart That’s Worth 1000 Words
“Here’s the big problem with almost all the current rhetoric about the housing crisis: It presumes that the goal should be to get house prices rising again. The problem with that idea is that, even after a 25% decline, house prices are still way too high.” Link
Cool Picture of Obama Inauguration
February 22, 2009Click on link and then zoom in and out. Incredible detail available: link
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