Category Archives: economy

Dear Friends, Lately I’ve been wondering how conservative policy ideas would have fared had they been enacted given the economic situation… Take the idea to not tax dividend income. Or not to tax, from firms, money paid as dividends to … Continue reading →

Dear Reader, As I was driving home I was listening to Terri Gross on the NPR show Fresh Air. Today (April 15,2009) Terri was interviewing an MIT Economics professor and former head economist of the IMF. He said that US … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, It seems to me that the markets have not been reacting to these stimulus bills very well. Every mention of them from the first bailout bill to the present stimulus bill have driven the markets lower. Today February … Continue reading →

Dear Readers, Now that our government has squandered half a trillion dollars bailing out the corrupt. And having taken on 7-60 trillion dollars in liability, (who knows the real figure). We are no closer to solving the Financial Crisis than … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if the government really wanted to stimulate the economy, (not just seize control and establish a command and control economy), they would declare a total tax holiday… for a month. Wow, can you … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, It seems to me that we have the term “Failed State,” maybe it’s time we added to the vernacular, the term “failed Economy.” The definition of a Failed Economy would be an a national economy that cannot support … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if we look at the “economy” as an aggregate, it is an analog of an ecosystem. Individual markets and industries are like organisms in that ecosystem. This organic way of looking at the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader, It seems to me that recession sows the seeds of it’s own demise. Those seeds are “pent up demand.” What I mean by pent up demand is that, when there is talk or actual recession, people naturally put … Continue reading →

Dear Friend, I remember a quote form Confucius, When asked what he would do if put in charge of a province Confucius said he would “rectify terms”. When asked why, he responded, when terms are rectified the measure will be … Continue reading →

Dear friends, It seems to me that now that we have had a few days for the “bailout‘s” effect to sink into the markets the markets have reacted with a deafening stampede for the door. The “bailout” that we were … Continue reading →