Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2011

Rock Me On The Water

SUBHEAD: So many things are shaking loose now in this world-wrapped-too-tight that it is hard to track where they all overlap.By James Kunstler on 14 March 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/03/rock-me-on-the-water.html)Image above: Vessels float on oil spilled water in Fudai, Iwate, northern Japan Monday, March 14, 2011. From (http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2011/

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Muni Defaults in 2011

SUBHEAD: Forecaster Whitney: wave of municipal bond defaults to spur layoffs, and social unrest as early as 2011.By Staff on 21 December 2010 for CNBC.com - (http://www.cnbc.com/id/40769692)Image above: New York City bridge bond from 1868. From (http://www.cezarysalad.com/blog/tag/credit-crunch/).A wave of defaults by state and local governments in the coming months will spark a selloff in the

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Education-Technology Inflation

SUBHEAD: The incentives embedded in high-technology and higher education are perverse.Image above: Robotic agricultural technology. From (http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900618).By Steve Ludlum on 27 October 2010 in Economic Undertow -(http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2010/10/worker-inflation.html)Bruce Krasting notes Planet Bernanke has gotten so