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Drunken Sailors Have Feelings Too

Nicholas Collard | Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:31pm | congressional spending, deficit spending, drunken sailors, federal spending, Government Spending, Mike Shedlock, Mish's Global Economics, Nicholas Collard, Obama administration, spending spending spending |  Add a comment

Sometimes we take to saying things just because we’ve heard them so many times. It’s oft times a knee-jerk reaction and we don’t even think of the people we offend with our comments. If I’m anything, it’s a stickler for political correctness and fairness to all possibly disparaged group ... Read more

Stock Investing > Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis

Stimulus Checkup - 100 Ridiculous Projects Funded by the American Recovery Act

Mike Shedlock | Thu, 12/10/2009 - 10:31am | economic recovery, Economic Stimulus, Government Spending, government waste, job creation, job loss, unemployment |  1 comment

Inquiring minds are interested in projects that Put America To Work. Please consider this Stimulus Checkup courtesy of Senator John McCain and Senator Tom Coburn. Good jobs for millions of Americans. Investments in priorities that create sustainable economic growth for the future. Among the 100 ridi ... Read more

Trading > Mises Daily

Stimulating Anachronism, Stifling Innovation

Mises | Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:01am | failure of bailouts, General Motors, GM, government bailouts, Government Spending, government waste, industry in America, innovation, Tesla |  2 comments

The government is tying up capital trying to prop up the gigantic and inefficient "Big Three" car companies that were in some ways the iconic firms of the mid-20th century. These resources are being wasted: they could be used more efficiently and more profitably, and therefore more effecti ... Read more

Trading > 247Wallst

Congressional Budget Office 2010 Outlook… Time for the Deficit Manifesto

247Wallst | Tue, 01/26/2010 - 2:20pm | Congressional Budget Office, congressional spending, Government Spending, spending in government |  Add a comment

The Congressional Budget Office has released new data for the 2010 budget, and the need for more spending freezes and spending controls is becoming more and more evident by the day (as if you didn’t know that).  The projections are less dire than they were in August, but the notions of findin ... Read more

Stock Investing > Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis

Global GDP Rebound Is Underway, But Who's The Buyer?

Mike Shedlock | Wed, 08/05/2009 - 9:32am | faulty recovery tactics, GDP rebound, Government Spending, unsustainable economic aid |  3 comments

Many are cheering the "recovery". Unfortunately, the recovery is nothing more than unsustainable government spending, not just in the US but globally. David Rosenberg talks about the GDP in Tuesday's Breakfast With Dave . The reason why we remain skeptical over the sustainability — the ... Read more

Personal Finance > Financial Rounds

How Much Is $100 Million?

Unknown Professor | Thu, 06/18/2009 - 3:26pm | Government Spending |  Add a comment

This posting is WAAAAY late, but It's still good. As a "perfesser" type, I always enjoy a good visual aid. Back in April President Obama had announced that he's try to cut $100 Million in spending from the budget. Here's a great illustration of what that means: ... Read the fu ... Read more

Stock Investing > Finance Professor

$1.3 million per job? For real?

Mahar | Thu, 03/12/2009 - 10:28am | economy of rationality, Government Spending, job creation, job stimulus, Keynesian economics |  2 comments

Old Europe Is Right on Stimulus - WSJ.com : "The White House estimates of 3.6 million new jobs is based on an 'Old Keynesian' model on the impact of government spending, while the new models adjust for the rational behavioral response to the stimulus by businesses and consumers. The White House ... Read more

Stock Investing > Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis

Time To Rollback Government Salaries Across The Board

Mike Shedlock | Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:08am | government salaries, Government Spending, public funds, real economic bailout plan |  Add a comment

In response to falling state revenues, the state of Oregon slashed $11.1 million from its judicial budget. That in turn prompted the Chief Justice to order Oregon State Courts to Close Fridays . Oregonians will wait longer for their day in court after Chief Justice Paul De Muniz announced today h ... Read more

Stock Investing > Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis

Can Tax Cuts Deepen The Recession?

Mike Shedlock | Thu, 02/19/2009 - 11:20am | deflation, Government Spending, Inflation, recession, recession watch, Tax cuts |  1 comment

In one of the more ridiculous Keynesian theories to date, Gauti B. Eggertsson at the New York Fed comes to the conclusion Tax Cuts Will Deepen The Recession . Simple logic would dictate that letting people and businesses keep more of their money would be a good thing but amazingly Eggertsson comes ... Read more

Personal Finance > Don't Mess With Taxes

Market memories & stimulus remedies

Kay Bell | Mon, 02/09/2009 - 5:02pm | beating economic depression, economic recovery plans, Government Spending, government stimulus, James Galbraith, recession recovery, taxes |  1 comment

What's the answer to our economic woes? According to James K.Galbraith, it's government spending. Uncle Sam needs to spend now. Spend a lot. Then spend some more. In the Feb. 16 issue of Fortune magazine, Galbraith , a professor of government at the LBJ School of Public Affairs ... Read the ... Read more

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