Monthly Archives: February 2007

February 28, 2007

• What is the Fed Up To?
  by Yves Smith 10:50 pm

• Latest on Reynolds vs. Thoma Inequality Debate
  by Yves Smith 3:41 pm

• Birinyi, via Seeking Alpha, Predicts a Big Rebound Today
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

• What Next?
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

February 27, 2007

• A Silver Lining to the Rout in the Stock Markets
  by Yves Smith 11:53 pm

• Appetite for Risk Makes it Easy for Private Equity Funds to Overleverage Companies
  by Yves Smith 7:13 pm

• Banks May Be Underreserved
  by Yves Smith 7:03 pm

• Positive News on Developing World Response to Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 5:37 pm

• "US mortgage default fears grow"
  by Yves Smith 3:07 pm

• What Is Greenspan Up To?
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

• Budgets and Democracy
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

• Green Spin in TXU Buyout Bid
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

February 26, 2007

• Where Have All the Investors Gone?
  by Yves Smith 10:47 pm

• Markets Not Taking Iran Attack Threat Seriously
  by Yves Smith 6:39 pm

• Update on Big Shareholders vs. CEO Pay
  by Yves Smith 6:24 pm

• Health Care and Social Justice (More Accurately, the Lack Thereof)
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

• Follow Up on British Debate on Wellbeing
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

February 25, 2007

• CEOs and Squeegie Men
  by Yves Smith 5:26 pm

• Wall Street Journal Editorial Mischaracterizes AMT Woes
  by Yves Smith 3:07 pm

February 24, 2007

• Ranieri’s Comments on Mortage Market May Bode Ill for Housing
  by Yves Smith 8:01 pm

• A Modest Proposal for Private Equity Firms
  by Yves Smith 7:47 pm

• Michael Panzer on the Return of Pollyanna
  by Yves Smith 7:23 pm

• "Warning on Warming"
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

February 23, 2007

• Krugman on Reducing Energy Consumption
  by Yves Smith 3:26 pm

• Alan Blinder: 29% of US Jobs are "Offshorable"
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

• It’s Only Getting Uglier in the Subprime Market
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

• Conservatives Say Some Positive Words About Unions
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

• Al Gore is Nearly 50 Years Late
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 22, 2007

• Wal-Mart Promoting Minorities at Suppliers
  by Yves Smith 1:52 am

• Symposium at Yale Discusses Stern Report on Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 1:10 am

• Possible Restrictions on Payday Lending
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• Income Inequality Slugfest
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

• Australia Taking Steps to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 21, 2007

• British Discussion of the Politics of Wellbeing
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

• It’s Official: Democratic Presidents Produce Better Growth
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

• Fannie Mae Not Paying Executive Bonuses Due to Restatements
  by Yves Smith 12:42 am

• More Signs That the End of the Cycle is Nigh
  by Yves Smith 12:36 am

February 20, 2007

• Study Recommends Carbon Tax over "Cap and Trade"
  by Yves Smith 3:04 pm

• The Politics of Global Warming
  by Yves Smith 1:57 am

• Expand Sarbox?
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

• FT: Hedge Fund Activism Benefits Shareholders
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

February 19, 2007

• Presidents’ Day Quote
  by Yves Smith 11:33 pm

• Oil in Focus Again
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

• Go Ahead, Be Fat and Happy
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

• Liberalizing Trade Doens’t Always Work as Planned
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

• "Why I Disagree With Bernanke"
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

February 18, 2007

• New Energy Conservation Technology
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

• It’s Official: "A Potential Credit Crunch"
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

• A Report from the Housing Front
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

• Cancer Link to Genetically Modified Potatoes?
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

February 17, 2007

• "Enron: Now Less Criminal Than Ever"
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

• Will the Subprime Meltdown Spread to the Rest of the Credit Market?
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

• Krugman on Health Care Expenses
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

• Are the Democrats Finally Developing Some Nerve?
  by Yves Smith 12:03 am

February 16, 2007

• More Signs of a Toppy Market
  by Yves Smith 12:10 pm

• Shortcomings of Prediction Markets and Markets Generally
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

• A Wee Notice to Readers
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 15, 2007

• What Has Happened to the Rule of Law?
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

• Shareholders vs. Everybody Else
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

February 14, 2007

• "Why America Will Need Some Elements of a Welfare State"
  by Yves Smith 3:01 pm

• Bank of America Competes with Loan Sharks
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

• Climate Change, Species Loss, and the WTO
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

• Another Australian Advertising Failure (Its Prime Minister)
  by Yves Smith 12:55 am

• Some Positive News on Social Security
  by Yves Smith 12:28 am

February 13, 2007

• Free Fall in the Subprime Loan Market
  by Yves Smith 6:36 pm

• More Debate on Whether Income Disparity is Growing
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

• 4Q GDP to be Revised (Downward, of Course)
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

• Lying with Figures (Student Version)
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 12, 2007

• "Carry on Living Dangerously"
  by Yves Smith 5:08 pm

• Practical Responses to Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 3:06 pm

• The Beginning of the End (Part 2)
  by Yves Smith 2:54 am

• Goldilocks and the Bears
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Gretchen Morgenson vs. Marty Lipton on Shareholder Activism
  by Yves Smith 1:10 am

February 10, 2007

• "On Climate Change and Good Sense"
  by Yves Smith 12:31 am

February 9, 2007

• This is the Way the World Ends (Hedge Fund Edition)
  by Yves Smith 12:00 am

February 8, 2007

• Changing Fortunes for Private Equity Firms?
  by Yves Smith 9:45 pm

• Global Warming’s Impact on Migration
  by Yves Smith 7:54 pm

• Pension Fund Pressure to Have a Say in Executive Pay
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

• "Global Credit Crunch?"
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 7, 2007

• The Next Type of CEO Scandal
  by Yves Smith 2:42 am

• Martin Wolf: Economists Need to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
  by Yves Smith 2:06 am

• How Big Traders Can Extract Excessive Profits
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

February 6, 2007

• Does Globalization Cause Income Inequality?
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

• "Risk is Highest When People Forget It Exists"
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

February 5, 2007

• The Value of Labor, or Lack Thereof
  by Yves Smith 11:22 pm

• Predictably, the Journal Doth Protest (Global Warming Edition)
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

• "US Middle-Class Pay Sees Slowest Growth"
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

• The FT : "We Need a Clear and Predictable Price for Carbon"
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

February 4, 2007

• The Pollyanna Economy
  by Yves Smith 8:51 pm

• "Markets Are Not Magic"
  by Yves Smith 6:52 pm

February 3, 2007

• Negative Consumer Saving in 2005 and 2006
  by Yves Smith 10:29 pm

• "Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study"
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

• Initial Responses to UN Global Warming Report
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

February 2, 2007

• Macroeconomic Volatility Versus Volatility of Incomes
  by Yves Smith 2:40 am

• "CAPM is ‘C.R.A.P.’"
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

• A Bullish Signal
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

February 1, 2007

• Perverse Effects of Deregulation of Energy Markets
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am