Tag Archives: GDP
The Greatest Show On Earth
Things are getting interesting. Last week, for instance, markets offered up both a rich comedy and tragedy above any story a Hollywood screenwriter could imagine. The comedy, of course, was the Facebook IPO flop. The tragedy, fittingly, was courtesy of … Continue reading
Mass Delusions of Cupcakes and Credit
According to the Commerce Department, the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent during the first quarter of the year. Like the economy, something doesn’t feel quite right about this number. But what is it, really, that … Continue reading
The Money Must Go Somewhere
In Friday’s issue of the Economic Prism we suggested that, despite all the financial uncertainty going on, the U.S. economy is strengthening. By the response we received, this optimism astonished many of our readers. Naturally, we thought that would be … Continue reading
Set the Children Free
There are things that are so obvious they shouldn’t warrant discussion…but they do. For there are blockheads out there whose brains are so soft they don’t know obvious from Adam’s off ox. Experience tells us that common sense is remarkably … Continue reading
