Economic stimulus
can lead to all sorts of stimulus.
Slavery
is being revived in Sudan.
On
not replicating Japan’s mistakes.
Reminding us that unemployment
soared in the 1930s far more after the Smoot-Hawley tariffs, designed to “help”, than they did following the 1929 Stock Market crash.
About the effects of
the credit crunch on economics.
About
the complex work contracts the Big Three auto manufacturers operate under.
Some videos
of shortish critical comments on the financial markets bailouts.
Reagan, Volker and
the rise and fall of the great inflation.
Being unimpressed by the Fed’s promise to print lots of dollars. Debating
the point.
Being
worried by the prospect of deflation. The Federal Reserve
is concerned.
Graphing
US house prices since 1890. Classic case of misleading averaging, since there was wild diversion between different housing markets. About
the various government interventions in the US mortgage market. Report on the US federal government’s
prolonged attack on mortgage underwriting standards.