Sustainability| More...
 

Market Forces

The Debt vs. Interest Rate Conundrum

Michael Pento | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: 10 Trillion, Federal Funds Rate, Market Forces, Economy, Fixed Income Shock, Intra-Bank Lending, Consumer Spending, Fixed Income, Credit Crisis, The Fed, Print Money, Recession, National Debt, Bailout, Low Interest Rates, Inflation, Economic Meltdown, Treasury Issuance, Money Supply, Free Market, Interest Rates, Fixed Income Rates, Business News
Michael Pento

It now takes about 10 cents on every tax dollar collected just to pay the interest on the debt. As bad as that is, it's only because interest rates are at record lows that the debt is still manageable.

Read Post

The Market

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Market Forces, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

...

Read Post

Enough with the Market Forces

Jeff Goode | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush Economics, Dollar Euro, Economic Downturn 2008, John McCain Economics, John McCain Presidential Election 2008, Market Forces, John McCain Economy, John McCain 2008, Dollar Value, Conservative Economics, John McCain George Bush, George Bush Market Forces, George Bush, Home News
Jeff Goode

After the results of President George W. Bush's "market force" plan hits it's mark will he also brag about the result of getting people to cut back on food? And, at the end of his reign, Bush's delusional thinking will probably even let him claim victory.

Read Post

What Would Buddha Do?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Policy, Buddha, Bush Administration, Market Forces, Absolutism, Appeasement, John McCain, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

In Buddhism, the notion of balance is central. Over the Bush years, there has been a damaging drift toward absolutism. You're with us or against us, diplomacy is appeasement, tax cuts forever, the axis of evil, and markets always work best (and government, worst).

Read Post