Archive for December, 2010

Hair of the Dog

By John Lumbard.   Unemployment claims are down.  The trade deficit is rising.  The Fed is printing money.  A new cut in payroll taxes (less FICA taken out of your paycheck) and an extension of unemployment benefits will mean growing federal budget deficits---and a big new stimulus for the economy.  We’re...
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Don’t Throw Rocks at the Firemen

When people are in trouble they're not always willing to accept help.  Whether you're talking about an alcoholic resisting intervention, a drug addict, a wife who protects her wife-beating husband, or a homeowner who refuses to leave the flanks of an erupting Mount Saint Helens, there's never been a shortage of...
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