June, 2009

Recession felt more by some than others

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Check out the diagram below as highlighted by the Huffington Post. It is a list of the strongest and weakest areas in terms of being affected by the recession. The study was down by the Brookings Institution. They looked at employment, unemployment, rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and ...

When Robert Shiller talks I listen

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

I'm kind of a bad listener. Always have been, always will be. There is not medication that will make me listen. Really, the only chance you have of me listening is if you are interesting, amusing or intelligent--at the right moments. The moment is now for Robert Shiller (The guy on ...

A Day of Reckoning!?

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Uh-oh. 'Liars Poker' author Michael Lewis talks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria about the economic crises and Wall Street. Here are some fun quotes and a video. Interesting perspective indeed. I think everyone has an uneasy feeling he may have a point. Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a>

Increased Regulation needed for Foreclosure Rescure Firms

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

In many ways, the economic crises has been a result of the downward spiral of human decency. Call it greed if you want but some people are not behaving intelligently in the quest for money. First consider the subprime mortgage sharks that helped get us into this mess and ...