March 17, 2009 –
I haven't watched an interview with Ken Rogoff before, but I thought this one was very good. [more]
February 21, 2009 –
I keep seeing articles lately about Chinese investments (or efforts to complete investments) into mining companies and oil/gas producers (as I recall, Rio, Petrobras, an Australian miner (OZ?)) were among the recent investment efforts. I've probably missed a few, and there may be others that are not hitting the press because they are not as big. I haven't followed global investment/commodity trends so I don't know that this is a new trend or just a coincidental series of high profile events. [more]
November 22, 2008 –
Ok, I can almost hear the guffaws. The title of this blog is based on optimism if not pure fantasy, right? I mean, everyone knows the United States is in for a long slow, painful decline. Hell, it's over for America. We're finished. [more]
November 08, 2008 –
I don't think it's any big secret that employment statistics put out by the federal government are misleading. Here's a good, accessible discussion of employment statistics, along with some context of the current situation. It's not a pretty picture. [more]
November 07, 2008 –
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I haven’t been involved with the auto industry for about 11 years. However, back in the day, I spent every wroking day as an industry analyst, focused on global competitiveness of the industry, and political and trade developments in that sector. I still follow the industry, and I still love cars. [more]