The Politics of DebtThe Politics of DebtIn the Politics of Debt I try to explore how debt influences the American public and their political choices. From a broad perspective, you could say, for instance, that deeply indebted workers will see their chances for protest highly reduced, they Articles
How Google Became Part of the Ring of Evil
2008-05-11 17:43:00 The blogsphere is becoming crowded with blogs about blogging and blogs about making money by blogging. Many of those blogs actually make money by giving advice on how to make money giving advice on how to make money. Exactly. This phenomenon is transforming blogging from a personal form of expression into just another form of making ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How Google Became Part of the Ring of Evil ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=392" }); More About: Wall Street
Political Radar: McCain: Not Offended By Alleged Age-Baiting
2008-05-09 22:05:00 The news is inconsequential: another entry to the endless entertainment of electoral politics. However, I just found it funny that the McCain campaign read Obama’s “losing his bearings” comment as a commentary about his age, and not his temper. I’ve only heard old people using the expression to denote senility, most young people use “lose ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Political Radar: McCain: Not Offended By Alleged Age-Baiting", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=391" }); More About: Finance
The Real Economy III: The People?s GDP
2008-05-04 18:31:00 Back in November, I showed how the capital of American businesses was contracting. I said "regardless of any official announcement of recessions, US businesses have been behaving as they normally do during recessions." It is hard to understand why American businesses are becoming recession-like illiquid when the GDP numbers don’t seem to show any signs ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Real Economy III: The People ’s GDP", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=390" }); More About: Economics , Thoughts
American Workers? Dwindling Participation in America?s Riches
2008-05-03 02:58:00 The following chart shows the salaries of America n workers compared to GDP. As you can see, it has been falling steadily since 1969. But for a few good years during the Clinton administration, American workers have very little to cheer about, having less participation in the economy than during the depression years. This is not the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "American Workers ’ Dwindling Participation in America’s Riches", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=383" }); More About: Finance
Remember When We Were Rich?
2008-05-03 01:58:00 This is official data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fthepoliticsofdebt.com%2F%3F p%3D380'; addthis_title = 'Remember+When+We+Were+Rich %3F'; addthis_pub = 'thepoliticsofdebt'; No tag for this post. Related posts No related posts. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Remember When We Were Rich?", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=380" }); More About: Finance
US Economy: Fit, Fat or Bloated?
2008-05-02 19:17:00 President Bush’s refusal to admit the US economy is in a recession is just proof of his delusional state of mind. If you dismissed his idea that people were going to be waiting for the US army with flowers in the streets of Baghdad as an honest mistake, and his handling of the Katrina crisis ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US Economy : Fit, Fat or Bloated?", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=375" }); More About: Politics
The Richest Country On Earth
2008-04-21 14:04:00 If you thought the richest country on earth was the United States, you were wrong. If you thought it was China, you may be right. The truth is, it is pretty damn difficult to determine which country is the richest one on earth but we can try. Whenever referring to the US economy, you will hear ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Richest Country On Earth ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=344" }); More About: Finance
The Gold Scam
2008-04-20 20:15:00 Every time there is an article about gold warning about a possible bubble, a cohort of gold worshipers (an activity which, by the way, is frowned upon by the Old Testament God) answer that gold has maintained its value for 3,000 years, or 5,000 years, and so on. They will give you impressive and unsubstantiated (also ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Gold Scam ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=341" });
A Streetcar Named Wishful Economic Thinking
2008-04-16 06:29:00 We are broke. We may have a couple more months of sustained living if the Fed keeps injecting liquidity into the system but for all intents and purposes, America is broke. For the past 50 years we have been sustaining low unemployment rates (albeit not as low as the official figures show) based on a formula ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Streetcar Named Wishful Economic Thinking", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=340" }); More About: Economy , Economics , Thoughts
Bush Admits to Top-Down Torture
2008-04-15 08:15:00 Dear ACLU Supporter, On Friday night, in a national television interview, President Bush directly admitted what we have suspected all along: The White House was deeply and intimately involved in decisions about the CIA’s use of torture. For the first time, George W. Bush acknowledged that he knew ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bush Admits to Top-Down Torture", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=339" }); More About: Politics , America , Freedom , Democracy
Looking for a Miracle
2008-03-29 18:00:00 I was going to write a sardonic post about how Barack Obama is the antichrist and why conservative Christians should vote for him to accelerate the second coming. The sad thing is that there are people out there who really think Mr. Obama is the antichrist, so much of the punch of the post would ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Looking for a Miracle ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=338" }); More About: Politics , America , Thoughts , War
You Are Not Going to Be Rich
2008-03-07 06:52:00 I am kind of fed up with the “we want you to be rich” stuff that’s going around (yes, I am talking about the barrage of programs and books from The Secret to the latest Trump publishing endeavor). I think that that is the kind of propaganda that keeps illusions alive, and while we live ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "You Are Not Going to Be Rich ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=337" });
And Yet More Projects
2008-03-04 01:39:00 It’s been weeks since I’ve been able to write. I am writing my thoughts about the markets at my other project, http://www.tradingurus.com/, but I would really like to have more time to write more in depth about the economy and economics. Anyway, this post is about a new project, this time, my wife’s. She started a ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "And Yet More Projects ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=335" }); More About: Freedom
Facts Over Fear
2008-02-16 05:10:00 Members of Congress are hearing you… “The President does not operate outside the law.” – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the FISA stand-off. “The President’s comments are wrong, divisive and nothing more than fear-mongering.” – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a statement about FISA “We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Facts Over Fear ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=334" }); More About: America , Finance
The House must not fail freedom
2008-02-16 05:09:00 Demand your representative uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. Email your representatives now. Dear Friend, Once again, the Senate is getting ready to fail freedom. They?re close to passing a dangerous and unconstitutional FISA bill that allows warrantless government eavesdropping on America n citizens and grants immunity to giant phone companies. All eyes now turn ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The House must not fail freedom", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=333" }); More About: Freedom , Finance , The House
Why Current Inflation Hurts So Much?
2008-02-14 19:53:00 The other day I wrote at www.tradingurus.com that the current inflation rate is historically low. That article was geared towards investors, and pointed out that the current administration has a lot more room to give money away to avert the current financial crisis. By the way, the idea behind www.tradingurus.com is that since American workers are ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Why Current Inflation Hurts So Much?", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=328" }); More About: Economy , Economics
Pay it Forward, and Is Google Too Big not to be Evil?
2008-02-05 03:53:00 Haven?t been writing at all for several reasons. First, what I was afraid was going to happen, already happened, so I don?t feel the urgency to warn anybody about the reckless behavior of the Fed and the Administration. Now it is all out for you to see. There are a couple of things that still concern ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pay it Forward , and Is Google Too Big not to be Evil ?", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=320" }); More About: Pay It Forward
Good Read
2008-02-01 08:30:00 Please visit Will’s Blog From his latest article: Some Ramblings About the Economy: January 31, 2008 As the credit orgy ends, and the excess leverage of the past years unwinds, few people have experienced any real pain. Big banks such as Citigroup have lost tens of billions, but who cares? There were rich Asian and Middle ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Good Read ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=319" });
New projects underway
2008-01-28 10:08:00 I’ve been really busy with my new pet project http://www.tradegur.us. I am happy to announce that the community started working! Some traders are posting their trades and there is good information coming in. I am working on an article about 401ks and how they are a social scam, but that will have to wait. I am ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New projects underway", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=318" }); More About: Projects
The Social-Networking Site for Traders and Investors is Born
2008-01-15 17:00:00 My first project for 2008 is born, it is called tradergur.us and it is the social networking for traders and investors. What does it mean? Much like you go to facebook to connect with former coworkers or students, or to myspace to connect with other teenagers, you have now a place to connect with other ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Social -Networking Site for Traders and Investors is Born", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=317" }); More About: Finance
The Case for Gold as the Next Bubble Instrument (and How to Play it Safe)
2008-01-11 11:46:00 I wrote before that gold is a a poor inflation hedge. The myth has its origins in a big run up in the 80s that had as much to do with wild speculators cornering the precious metals markets as with a knee-jerk reaction to two continuous years of double digit inflation rates. With gold hitting new ... More About: Gold , Play , Case , Instrument , Bubble
Is Gold the Object of the Next Bubble?
2008-01-10 11:05:00 Today they started talking about recession, are we in? Are we going to be in? The problem with traditional economists is that they use models that are grossly outdated. My readers know we are in recession since the fourth quarter of 2006 (at best, the 2nd quarter of 2007). The problem right now? None. We still have ... More About: Gold , Object , Bubble
Akismet has caught 1,463 spam for you since you first installed it.
2008-01-10 07:09:00 Congratulations spammers! You manage to broke the 1000 barrier in just 2 months! It took you 6 months to achieve it in the first version of this blog. However, don’t feel too good about it! Most of the merit should go to Blue Host, where I am now hosting the blog. I know, I know, Godaddy ... More About: Spam , Thoughts , Akismet , Caught
Great Projects for 2008
2008-01-10 07:03:00 Thinking on starting a new venture this year. It should be related to financial analysis. Hopping to get the right kind of people on board. I will be sharing more soon, but one of the aspects is creating a Web service to allow for easy analysis of 401k and IRA accounts to minimize risks and ... More About: Projects , Finance , Great , 2008
Holidays are over!
2008-01-10 06:59:00 The yearly grinding from Thanksgiving to New Year is over. Now we can start doing important stuff again. It’s not that I think that meeting with family is not important stuff, it is that the regiment of three months of forced march is starting to get too much for me. Mother in-law was here since November, ... More About: Holidays , Finance
Apple?s IPhone, Macintosh Push Shares to Record High
2007-12-28 09:56:00 There’s so much growth to look forward to for the iPhone,” said Stephen Coleman, chief investment officer at St. Louis-based Daedalus Capital LLC, which owns about $7 million of Apple shares. He projects the stock will hit $600 in 18 months. And so it begins. The mad rush to parabolic rises in the stock market. When ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Apple’s IPhone, Macintosh Push Shares to Record High ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=303" }); More About: Finance , Iphone
The Loneliness of Consumerism
2007-12-28 09:05:00 I happen to find this publicity stunt both beautiful and somehow saddening. What’s happened to DON’T FENCE ME IN? (Cole Porter) Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don't fence me in Let me be by myself ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Loneliness of Consumerism ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=302" });
Housing Market Bottom?
2007-12-28 08:17:00 The amount of negative publicity If you are a buyer and you have access to feed news to the media, you want them to picture a bleaker picture than it is. From this point of view alone, this looks a lot like stock market bottoms, when you ONLY read negative information. Although the market is horrible, ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Housing Market Bottom ?", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=301" }); More About: Finance , Thoughts
An Interesting Source of Information
2007-12-20 16:54:00 Today I want to share a very interesting website: Wikileaks. Their goal is to develop thebankruptcynewsdotcom … an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An Interesting Source of Information ", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=300" }); More About: Freedom , Iraq War
Black Swans, Bell Curves and Stagflation
More articles from this author:2007-12-19 07:37:00 This is not the promised article about the stupidity of black swans. This is an article about how we tend to focus our attention on the odd, rather than the mundane. I guess some talking head mentioned stagflation because the previous article on the subject received unusual attention. People are hitting the site searching for ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Black Swans, Bell Curves and Stagflation", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?p=299" }); More About: Economics , Finance , Wall Street 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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