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I *Knew* I Was Wrong Business....

johndthornton wrote 2 hours ago: http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11751146 The Economist reminds of this li … more »

From the Keyboard of an Ultra-Capitalist: Financial Regulation Needs a Bottoms Up Look

johndthornton wrote 5 hours ago:   Roger Lowenstein’s piece for the NY Times Magazine is notable not for a its broad theme, al … more »

Tags: Politics

Fannie and Freddie: The Real Losers Are....Your Grandkids!

johndthornton wrote 2 days ago: The Times business section offers the penetrating insight that the F&F mess could cost somewhere … more »

Tags: Politics

Say of the Day: George Will

johndthornton wrote 5 days ago: “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s statement last week that economic conditions ar … more »

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Fannie and Freddie Should Go1 comment

johndthornton wrote 6 days ago: Holman Jenkins wrote an excellent editorial for the Wall Street Journal last week, arguing that the … more »

Tags: Politics, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Say of the Day: Paul Krugman Channels "The Onion"

johndthornton wrote 6 days ago: “Recession-plagued nation demands new bubble to invest in.” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/ … more »

Tags: Say of the day

Breathtaking Numbers on the Print News Biz

johndthornton wrote 1 week ago: Via my friend Dave Panos, I seem to have stumbled across the site of the official newspaper deathwat … more »

Tags: media

Stevie Wonder, Fareed Zakaraia, Incurious Americans, and Free Trade

johndthornton wrote 1 week ago: When you believe in things That you don’t understand And you suffer: Superstition is the way … more »

Tags: Books, Politics

Pick ME for CEO of Freddie Mac1 comment

johndthornton wrote 1 week ago: Good ol’ Barney Frank.  There he was today in all his sartorial splendor, honking away about … more »

Tags: Barney Frank, CEO pay, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Jimmy Carter was right.

Jonathan Rees wrote 1 week ago: The energy crisis was real (and it still is): Think how much better off this country would be right … more »

Tags: Video

Mr. Wagoner, One of These Things Is NOT Like the Others

johndthornton wrote 1 week ago: The NYT played the latest few notes in the funeral dirge for General Motors today. It’s hard t … more »

Tags: Politics, gm healthcare, Rick Wagoner, obama econmic message

Say of the Day: EJ Dionne

johndthornton wrote 2 weeks ago: “This is the third time in 100 years that support for taken-for-granted economic ideas has cru … more »

Tags: Say of the day, Dionne, excessive deregulation

It's time to re-regulate the airline industry.

Jonathan Rees wrote 2 weeks ago: It is a special pleasure for me today to sign into law the Airline Deregulation Act. This legislatio … more »

A Plea for Surrogacy on the E-conomy

johndthornton wrote 2 weeks ago: Steve Clemons http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/09/obamas_economic_soul/ concisely lays o … more »

Tags: Politics, jason furman, obama economic polocy

A False Choice on Obama Strategy1 comment

johndthornton wrote 2 weeks ago: Every D with a google and access to the internets is giving Sen. Obama campaign advice.  I didn … more »

Tags: Politics, obama election strategy, People with Problems, obama and the economy

Venture Woes

johndthornton wrote 3 weeks ago: We’ve been saying for a long time that we’ve got tool our business for a permanently com … more »

Tags: Venture Capital, lagging returns

Say of the Day: Evan Thomas Channeling RFK

johndthornton wrote 3 weeks ago: I wish I would have caught Evan Thomas’s post for Newsweek back in April, but I’m glad I … more »

Tags: Politics, John McCain, energy policy, 2025

It's the lousy wages, stupid.

Jonathan Rees wrote 3 weeks ago: Yesterday, I went to see former Senator George McGovern at the annual Ludlow Massacre memorial. [Wh … more »

Tags: Labor, Labor History

Say of the Day: Tom Friedman in NYT

johndthornton wrote 3 weeks ago: My fellow Americans: We are a country in debt and in decline — not terminal, not irreversible, but … more »

Tags: Politics, Say of the day


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