March 2010
- 20: China: An Infrastructure Anecdote
- 19: China’s Fragile Economy, Its Housing Bubble, and What It Means To Us: Download
- 17: China’s Fragile Economy, Its Housing Bubble, and What It Means To Us: Part III
- 16: Google: A Moral Company
- 16: China’s Fragile Economy, Its Housing Bubble, and What It Means To Us: Part II
- 15: Does Premier Wen Read The Daily Capitalist?
- 14: China’s Fragile Economy, Its Housing Bubble, and What It Means To Us: Part I
- 12: This Week’s Bank Closings
- 10: Dear Senator Feinstein …
- 10: Party Boy Roubini Worries About Double Dip
- 09: US Transportation Agencies to Lay Off 2000 as Funds Expire
- 09: Greece Cries Wolf, Again
- 09: Government Health Care Kills, Part II
- 09: FDIC Needs Cash, Lots of Cash
- 07: Are We in a Recovery?
- 05: Friday Bank Failures
- 05: CBO Says White House Underestimates Deficits
- 05: Government-Run Health Care Kills Thousands
- 02: Capitalism Saves Lives, Part II
February 2010
- 27: Friday Bank Tombstones
- 25: Expect The Unexpected
- 24: Support ‘America Saves Week’ or Spend?
- 23: It’s Supposed to Work Part II: Housing, Consumer Confidence, and Banks
- 22: The President’s Health Care Proposal
- 20: It’s Supposed to Work: The CPI and Further Adventures in Keynesian Policy
- 20: Latest Bank Closings
- 18: Fed Raises the Discount Rate
- 17: The Fed’s New Plan to Drain the Pond
- 17: Bernanke Disavows Money
- 16: Snow Day Gridlock
- 16: That IndyMac Video
- 15: John Stossel: A Shameless Plug
- 14: The Giant Redwood, The Larch … I want to be … An Anarchist
- 12: State of the Economy 2010 complete version
- 12: How to Get Rich in Real Estate
- 12: Another Conversation Between Econophile and Martin Wolf
- 11: State of the Economy Part III
- 11: Surprise! The Feds Just Discovered CRE is Freezing Credit
- 10: State of the Economy Part II
- 10: Does Anyone See the Humor in This?
- 10: Why Does Martin Wolf Want to Punish the Germans for Helping Greece?
- 09: State of the Economy Part I
- 05: Unemployment Falls to 9.7% (Did it Really?)
- 03: 824,000 Jobs Will Disappear on February 5
- 02: How To Fail
January 2010
- 31: New Music Video: The Government Can
- 30: Six More Banks Shuttered
- 30: 2009 GDP Declines 2.4%, Worst Year Since 1946
- 30: “If these folks want a fight, it’s a fight I’m ready to have”
- 28: GDP Numbers Come Out Friday
- 27: It’s Still Not My Fault and I Feel Your Pain
- 27: China’s Housing Bubble
- 26: Stimulus Bill Cost Now $862 Billion
- 26: S&P Threatens to Downgrade U.S. Credit Rating (er, Japan, excuse me)
- 25: Corporations and Freedom of Speech
- 25: Hayek Got Mad Truth
- 25: Barney Frank Wants to Eliminate Fannie and Freddie?
- 25: Do We Need Another Stimulus Bill?
- 20: More on the Brown Victory in Massachusetts
- 20: Warning From the World Economic Forum in Davos
- 20: A Very Good Morning
- 19: Avatar’s Big Tix Boffo Bombs with Chicom Film Czars
- 18: New Bank Closures
- 18: Avatar: The Philosophy
- 15: Capitalism Saves Lives and Haiti is Proof
- 14: Is Obama’s Populist Rage Valid?
- 12: Hugo Chavez: International Economic Clown
- 10: Dear Econophile: Advice For the Economic-lorn
- 09: Lassie! Is Timmy In Trouble?
- 08: The TSA: We’re Here To Make Your Journey Miserable
- 08: That Was Quick (2): The Rise of D.C.
- 07: Health Insurance Takeover?
- 05: That Was Quick: Northrop Moves To D.C.
December 2009
- 28: 2009: Why It Will Affect Everyone’s Future For Generations To Come
- 26: The Economic Impact of Deficits
- 15: Whither Gold, That Barbarous Relic
- 14: Visualizing Bank Failures
- 14: Never Speak Ill of the Dead, But …
- 11: Climate Change: Summary of Current Science
- 10: New Stock Exchange Opens in Africa
- 09: Dear President Obama, Here’s The List You Asked For
- 09: That Nice Mrs. Romer Is . . . Dangerous
- 07: Unemployment Map
- 07: Japan’s Government Encourages Unemployment
- 06: Cinderella Story, Outta Nowhere: Daily Capitalist Milestone
- 04: Nothing Is As It Seems: Factory Orders and Unemployment
- 04: The Incredible Bread Machine–Revisited
- 03: Why The Housing Market Is In Trouble
- 01: The Big Thinkers: The Brainy Awards
- 01: Econophile is Back!
November 2009
- 23: New Republican Presidential Candidate
- 12: On The Road
- 07: Mises: The Man Who Predicted the Depression
- 05: Is the Economy Recovering? The Curious Case of 1920 vs. 1929
- 04: European Health Care is Not the Way to Go
- 01: Stimulus Creates 640,000 Jobs: A Big Lie
- 01: A Cold War Cartoon
October 2009
- 31: Golf Carts: Obama Taketh With The Right Hand And Giveth With The Left
- 31: Bank Tombstones For Friday
- 30: Q3 GDP: Proceed At Risk
- 27: Ty Warner In Trouble: $425 Million Loan on “Credit Watch”
- 25: Coming Up on The Daily Capitalist
- 24: A Bohemian Bankruptcy
- 21: Heather Graham On Health Care Policy
- 20: Learn To Move Music Stands And Make $530,000 A Year
- 18: Nassim Taleb: His Solution Won’t Work
- 17: Money: A Semi Pictorial Fable
- 16: Morgan Stanley’s Stephen Roach Fails Econ 101
- 15: Global Housing Cycle
- 14: Stop, Sheila! Stop!
- 09: Will We Have a Lost Decade(s) Like Japan?
- 09: Obama?
- 06: Site Software Updates
- 06: Fed Says CRE Loan Losses To Be 45% in 2010
- 05: Notice to Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, et al.
- 01: How Brave of Goldman to Change Their Employment Forecast the Day Before the BLS Report
- 01: President Obama: Please Call Angela Merkel ASAP
September 2009
- 30: Looking at the Economy Through Gray Colored Glasses
- 29: National Sales Tax, Chapter 3
- 28: The Daily Capitalist and Zero Hedge
- 25: The Economy in Q3 2009
- 23: Global Economics
- 22: The United States of America vs. Andrew Hall
- 22: Economic Blog Bailout Bill
- 21: Exit Strategy: Can The Fed Stop Inflation?
- 19: Muddy’s Housing Recovery Map
- 18: Cap and Trade: We Can’t Tell Them it Costs That Much
- 17: Credit Is Shrinking?
- 15: Economic Megatrends That Will Drive Our Future
- 14: The New Deal v. 3.0: Tire Wars
- 14: The New Deal v. 2.0
- 12: Critique of “W” Bush
- 11: Don’t Call Me a Socialist
- 05: Unions vs. Workers; Fond du Lac vs. Stillwater
- 04: Econophile Talks to the Fed
- 03: Ben Bernanke on the Housing Bubble He Never Saw Coming
- 02: Economists and the Stock Market
- 02: Manufacturing Index Up; Inventories Reduced; Consumers Lag
- 01: The Fed Can Do That?
- 01: Evidence Proves Stimulus Works
August 2009
- 30: The Third Quarter Bump
- 30: Anatomy of a Deflation
- 28: U.S. vs. Europe, v.2.0
- 28: Ted Kennedy and the Death of an Era
- 27: Bernanke’s Reappointment A Mistake?
- 26: The Housing Market and the First Time Buyer Credit
- 24: Treasury Auctions and The Housing Market
- 23: Treasury Auctions This Week
- 20: Reluctant Shoppers Prepare Way For Recovery
- 20: We Are Not Alone
- 20: Debt Star
- 20: Why Is Deflation Bad?
- 19: Japan’s Second Quarter Mirage
- 18: Rose Friedman Dies at 98
- 17: Europe versus The U.S.
- 16: Dr. Doom’s Latest Views
- 14: The Problem With Economic Forecasts
- 14: Taleb and Roubini on CNBC
- 14: Tell It Like It Is, Part II
- 13: Tell It Like It Is
- 13: Happy Days at Treasury
- 10: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc*
- 10: Recent Economic Data Examined
- 09: What’s Another Name For “Health Care Coalition?”
- 07: So The Russians Took Twitter and Facebook Down?
- 06: China “Asks” For More TIPs
- 06: Home Ownership to Decline for a Decade According to New Study
- 05: Conversation Interruptus: Martin Wolf vs. The Daily Capitalist
- 05: White House Enemies List
- 05: The State of Economics Education in America
- 04: Peter Schiff on the Future of the Dollar
- 04: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Part 2
- 03: Cash for Clunkers = Cash for Unions
- 03: The Government Option is Not a Trojan Horse for a Single Payer System
- 01: I Am So Lucky
July 2009
- 31: Q2 GDP: Are We in Recovery?
- 30: Bank Health 2009
- 30: China Sends a Message
- 30: Geithner’s House
- 29: China Has a Problem: Us
- 28: Bank Loan Contraction Continues
- 28: Did Home Prices Go Up or Go Down?
- 28: Our Recession versus Past Recessions
- 27: Home Stats Continue to Improve
- 25: Charts and Charts
- 25: High Unemployment Until 2015?
- 24: Is the US Economy Close to Hitting Bottom?
- 23: Harvard’s Woes and Schadenfreude
- 22: The Fed’s Precision
- 21: Krugman vs. Goldman and Moral Hazard
- 21: 2.37 Trillion and Counting
- 20: Good News vs. Bad News: Which Do You Want To Believe?
- 19: Worldwide Energy Consumption Declines
- 17: The Future of the Dollar
- 16: Investing Geniuses: Cramer and Dykstra
- 15: Oh, The Irony
- 14: The Lucky 300,000
- 13: Taleb and The Daily Capitalist
- 12: The Other Half: Art and Wine
- 10: Obamacare
- 10: We Buy and Sell California IOUs
- 08: Long Term Capital Management v.3.0
- 07: Buy and Hold vs. CDs
- 06: Bank Liquidity Report
- 06: Biden: We Really Don’t Know What We’re Doing
- 05: How To (Really) Fix Our Banks
- 03: What A Deficit Looks Like
- 03: Unemployment Spaghetti Charts
- 02: Fed: “Deflation Won’t Be Tolerated”
June 2009
- 30: Home Prices Fall — Again
- 30: No Recovery Until Home Prices Stop Falling
- 29: Honduras and Democracy
- 29: Don’t Mess With the Dark Arts
- 26: The Truth About Consumer Spending Reports
- 25: The Health Care Debate
- 24: Nouriel Roubini Says U.S. Economy `Sort of Stabilizing’
- 24: Adios Have-a-Tampa
- 24: Why the Fed Didn’t (and won’t) Raise Interest Rates
- 24: The Great Depression: A Short History
- 23: Dandelions in the Weeds: Real Estate
- 22: Mr. Fixit
- 22: Ben: We’re Watching You
- 22: Apple 3G S: One Million Units in 3 Days!
- 19: Largest Credit Contraction in History
- 17: Deflation: U.S. vs. Ireland
- 16: More on Black Swan Investment Fund
- 16: Systemic Risk Council
- 15: John Maynard Summers
- 10: Econophile On-Off Line
- 10: The Massachussetts Model of Health Care
- 09: The Audacity of Failure
- 09: Was TARP a Fake Out?
- 06: Finally, Some Good News!
- 05: Unemployment and the Future
- 04: Why Bernanke and Geithner Aren’t Sleeping Well
- 03: The DC Kids
- 02: Do We Need An Automobile Industry?
May 2009
- 31: Mr. Black Swan Bets on Inflation
- 30: The Big Inflation Scare is Real v2.0
- 29: National Sales Tax Revisited
- 29: Rosenberg on the Recession’s Progress
- 28: The State of Our Deflation
- 26: Single Payer System
- 24: California: We’re Number One!
- 24: Bernanke: A Stunning Revelation
- 19: The Wall Street Journal Misleads Investors
- 18: Californians, Stop The Fraud and Vote No!
- 15: What Happened to the Green Shoots? (v.4.0)
- 15: The New Business Center: Washington, D.C.
- 14: Taleb Speaks at Merrill Lynch Conference
- 13: Todays Headlines: The Rest of the Story
- 11: Stress? Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
- 11: Meredith Whitney on Stress and the Banks
- 10: Tim Geithner on the Stress Test
- 09: Newspeak, Doublethink, and Taxes
- 08: Unemployment Hits 8.9% (Officially)
- 06: Inflation or Deflation?
- 06: Fire in Santa Barbara
- 05: Mr. Sunshine Calls the Turn!
- 05: Deflation in the California High Desert
April 2009
- 30: The Latest Numbers: Bad is Good
- 30: Ah, the French: President Obama, Just Say Non!
- 29: Green Shoots II: GDP Declines 6.1% 1Q
- 28: Why You Should Ignore Economists
- 28: Ron Gettlefinger: The New President of Chrysler?
- 27: Portfolio Magazine: RIP
- 25: What Is Money? Part II–A Fable
- 24: What Is Money ? Part I
- 22: Green Shoots?
- 22: Flash: GM Headed for Bankruptcy
- 21: Economic Czars Cause Tighter Credit Through New Credit Card Rules
- 20: National Sales Tax: You Read It Here First
- 20: Fortune 500 for 2008
- 17: A Short Citizen’s Guide to Kooks, Demagogues, and Left-Wingers: A Reply to Robert Reich
- 13: Tax Freedom Day
- 09: Nassim Taleb on Avoiding Black Swans
- 08: Nominate Sun Wenguang for Nobel Peace Prize
- 07: The Wall Street-Washington Complex
- 03: The Unintended Consequences of the New Mark-to-Market Rules
- 03: Keynesian Theory in Action!
- 02: Daily Capitalist Recants Conversion!
- 01: My (Surprise) Conversation with Paul Krugman
March 2009
- 31: The White House: Your New GM Dealer
- 30: Barack Obama: GM’s New Chairman of the Board
- 27: Weekend Miscellanea
- 26: Cash for Crap v.2.0: The Public Private Investment Program
- 26: The Chinese, Part II
- 24: The Meditations of St. Barack
- 24: Geithner: “This Plan Will Work”
- 24: The Chinese Aren’t As Dumb As the Fed Thought
- 23: Why Falling Home Prices is Good News
- 22: AIG Bonuses: The Cirque du Politique Comes to Town
- 18: Who is Barack Obama?
- 16: Another Explanation of Keynesian Stimulus
- 16: Professor Krugman and Professor Keynes
- 13: Stewart vs. Cramer
- 11: Obama Administration Plans Major New Controls Over Economy
- 11: The Mind of Mr. Black Swan
- 09: Tim Geithner Finally Comes Up With A Plan
- 07: AIG Gets $30 Billion Bailout — To Bailout Goldman Sachs?
- 06: Peter Schiff Yet Again
- 05: Jon Stewart vs. The Talking Heads
- 05: How Long Will It Last v.2.0
- 03: AIG Must Fail
- 03: Things to Ponder
- 02: Will We See a National Sales Tax?
- 01: Stimulus Explained!
February 2009
- 25: The Fed + Easy Money = A Petri Dish of Greed
- 24: Failure of the Anglo-Saxon Business Model
- 21: The First Four Year Plan
- 21: Robert Reich and the New Deal Religion
- 19: Rick Santelli Speaks Truth
- 18: Go See Cal
- 17: Why the ‘Do Something’ Stimulus Bill Won’t Work
- 16: If Our GDP Was Down 13% I’d Drink Too
- 14: Stimulus Package Explained
- 12: Why Do These Guys Get Air Time?
- 12: Suspend the Payroll Tax as Fiscal Stimulus
- 11: Warren G. Harding, Pt. II
- 11: Why We Shouldn’t Help Brent and Whitney
- 09: What Would Warren G. Harding Do?
- 07: Republicans Propose Nationalization of US Mortgage Market
- 05: Can Fiscal Stimulus Revive the US Economy?
- 04: You Gotta Love This Guy For Trying
- 03: Amity Shlaes and the New New Deal
- 02: The Obama Problem
January 2009
- 31: Clueless in Davos
- 29: Declining Home Prices: When Will It End?
- 27: The Daily Capitalist Has Arrived!
- 21: Smart Government™
- 17: BofA Bailout: Let’s All Start a Bank
- 15: Flash News: Econophile Not Hired By Obama Administration
- 15: Keynesian Stimulus Examined in Video
- 10: What’s Wrong With Mark-to-Market?
- 08: The Japanese Disease
- 07: $1,000,000,000,000
- 06: How Long Will It Last?
December 2008
- 30: Econophile’s Top 10 for 2008
- 23: Some People Never Learn
- 17: This is What I’m Talking About
- 17: Schiff on Fiscal Stimulus
- 17: Do We Need Another New Deal?
- 12: Bernie Made Off With the Money
- 08: There Will Never Be Another Depression
- 07: The Most Important Economic Issue of the Century
- 05: Black Swan Author on Charlie Rose
- 04: Smartest Guys in the Room, Part II
November 2008
October 2008
- 26: Taleb and Mandelbrot Discuss the Economy
- 24: Black Swans, White Swans, and Fat Tails
- 24: I’m Shocked that Greenspan’s Shocked
- 15: Credit Default Swaps Explained!
- 03: The Law of Unintended Consequences
August 2008
April 2008
March 2008
- 30: A(nother) Cautionary Tale: Or, if it’s too good to be true, it isn’t
- 23: The Chairman’s Report Card
- 12: Now What Do We Do?
February 2008
December 2007