Today on my way to lunch, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read, “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed. In the restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08” tie. Again I laughed, as he
Category: Business
Economic Intervention
This article in the Wall Street Journal from famed econmist Arthur Laffer, sums it up best: “Giving more money to people when they fail and taking more money away from people when they work doesn’t increase work. And the stock market
Economist’s View of Current Crisis
An interesting story in the Wall Street Journal about economist Anna Schwartz. She was Milton Friedman’s coauthor on their classic work, “A Monetary History of the United States”, and she has some interesting comments on the recent financial crisis: Credit
Humor in Times of Economic Crisis
I found this one at Bloodthirsty Liberal… If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago, you would have $42 left. With Lehman, you would have $6 left. With Fannie or Freddie, you would have less than $5
The Bailout Cartoons
More cartoons on economic crisis and bailout…
More Economic Crisis Cartoons
From the Imwalle “toon gallery” (it appears that there is an endless supply of these…)
Economic Crisis Toons
More toons from Slick…
Web Site for a Jewish Deli
This is a humorous real web site for a David’s Eastside Deli in Florida (Turn on your sound): http://www.davidseastsidedeli.com/index.htm Hat tip to Eitan Shklovsky
Have You Ever Wondered What’s in Spam?
No, not the junk email… the meat product from Hormel. According to a recent issue of the Straight Dope: The common assumption is that Spam is made of stuff even pigs don’t like to admit they’ve got. Not so, says
Video to Explain Economic Crisis
It’s a little long but it provides a nice explanation [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH–o[/youtube] 9 min 58 sec