Readers may know Mikhail Gorbachev as a fellow who advertises Louis Vuitton luggage. But before he made it big as a mannequin, he was the top man in the Soviet Union. It was not an easy job.
November 16th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "economists"
The Government Bureaucrats of East Germany Exist in the United States of America Today
In 1949, the Soviets and the Allies divided Germany into two parts. One part followed a traditional capitalistic path to reconstruction. The other part took the socialist road.
November 10th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Have the Feds Given the Economy a Miracle Drug?
Twenty years ago today…the Berlin Wall came down. This marked the end of the greatest controlled experiment in economics ever conducted. What did economists learn? Nothing…
November 10th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Bubble Age Jobs Lost Because of Recession
Millions of people, for example, earned their money in ‘housing.’ They were putting up houses in the sand states…or building granite countertops…or selling, flipping, financing the houses.
October 7th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 7 comments | Continued
US Economy Still on Runway as Recovery Won’t Fly
A majority of those polled by Bloomberg think things are great; 61% said they thought they economy had taken off and was flying high. Stocks are up. Commodities are up…
September 10th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Why Do Men and Women Want Money and Power?
At least as practiced by the leading macroeconomists of our time – such as Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner and Larry Summers. It’s just a show-off sport…the idea is to impress the world with some fancy data-heavy formula…win the Nobel Prize and save the world.
September 9th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
The Banks Should Hold More Capital
The US system of capitalism has become a system where the capitalists have no capital. The big banks have too little in savings…not enough ‘buffers’ to protect them from unexpected crises. They made a fortune during the boom years…
September 7th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Ben Bernanke Averts a Second Great Depression
According to the popular version, Ben Bernanke, our flawed hero, has averted a Second Great Depression. When the crisis came in ‘07-’08, he calmly took out the text he had written himself: “Dummies’ Guide to Avoiding a Japan-style Deflation”…or something like that.
August 31st, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Roubini Says United States Will Climb Out of Recession Towards End of Year
Maybe he will be right. Maybe this downturn will resemble Japan’s multiple recessions over the last two decades. Or maybe it will be a single, deeper and longer lasting slump – like the one in the early ’30s. We don’t know. Either way, it should be thought of as a depression…
August 19th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Take Away Stimulus Spending and You’ve Got an Economy Entering Depression
Yes, now the economy is firing on all cylinders…or just about. Yep. No doubt about it. Still, there are some nagging doubts. The latest figures show foreclosures still increasing – up 7% in July from a year before. And house prices are still going down.
August 14th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued