Tag Archives: GDP
Rational Insanity
Dark storm clouds gather along the economic horizon. They multiply ominously with each passing day. The recovery, weak as it has been, has run for nearly seven years. Now it appears to be sputtering and stalling out. On Tuesday, for … Continue reading
Alan Greenspan’s Pickled Economy
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan resurfaced this week. We couldn’t recall the last time we’d heard from him. But, alas, the old fellow’s in desolate despair. On Tuesday, for instance, he told Bloomberg he hasn’t been optimistic for “quite … Continue reading
The Exhilarating Romp to DOW 30,000
The stock market appears to have resumed its upward trajectory. The S&P 500’s back above its 200 day moving average. In fact, the S&P 500’s less than 50 points from its all-time high of about 2,131. Soon the brief panic … Continue reading
The Twisted Tale of Consumers and Producers
“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer,” observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” These days Emerson’s critical insight has been tipped up on end. Producers … Continue reading
