Monthly Archives: April 2007

April 30, 2007

• Larry Summers on Climate Change Realism
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

• Were Half the Subprime Borrowers Ripped Off?
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

• More Debate About Free Trade
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

April 29, 2007

• Lewis Ranieri on the Subprime Mess
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Free Trade and Intellectual Honesty
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

• More Downbeat News on Growth
  by Yves Smith 12:03 am

April 28, 2007

• FT vs. WSJ on Financial Stability Report by Bank of England
  by Yves Smith 12:21 am

• Are Doctors Overrated?
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

• The Anemic 1Q GDP Stats
  by Yves Smith 12:17 am

• "Does Free Trade Bring Lower Prices?"
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

April 27, 2007

• The End of the World Event Tree: Why We Are Likely to Do Nothing
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

• Dow 13,000 Doubts
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

• Krugman on the New Gilded Age
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

• "Leveraged loans risk copying subprime – Fink"
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

• Bill Moyers on the Supine Press and the Selling of the War
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

April 26, 2007

• Financial Times Uncovers Widespread Carbon Trading Fraud
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

• FT Editorial in Favor of Carbon Taxes
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

• Stiglitz Attacks Rubinomics
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

• Various Updates on the Weakening Housing and Mortgage Markets
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

April 25, 2007

• EU Really Losing Patience With Microsoft
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

• "Climate clash threatens EU-US summit"
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

• Estimating the Job Shortfall
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

• Critical Chinese Role in Determining Clean Fuel Technology
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

• More Signs That Housing Slump is Affecting the Economy
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

April 24, 2007

• Signs That Housing Slump is Affecting Economy
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

• Did Derivatives Cause the Real Estate Bubble?
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

• Brad DeLong Takes on Alan Reynolds on Income Inequalty
  by Yves Smith 12:07 am

• Risk Management Guru Warns About Brave New World of Finance
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

April 23, 2007

• Real Estate Appraisers Pressured to Give Higher Valuations
  by Yves Smith 12:58 am

• Trading Volume vs. Short Interest
  by Yves Smith 12:53 am

• Japan Considering Active Investment for Government Funds
  by Yves Smith 12:17 am

• Is Modern Agriculture Killing Bees?
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

April 22, 2007

• Biofuels Are Not Good For You
  by Yves Smith 1:16 am

• Australia: No Water for Crops?
  by Yves Smith 12:58 am

• Wal-Mart Ex-Employee Apparently Denies Some Wall Street Journal Claims
  by Yves Smith 12:48 am

• Is Modern Agriculture Killing Bees?
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

April 21, 2007

• A Wee Notice to Readers
  by Yves Smith 2:46 am

• "Say on Pay" Bill And Yet More Evidence That We Need It
  by Yves Smith 2:09 am

• UN Pushback on Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

• "It is time to pause on free trade"
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

• Where Do Wal-Mart Products Come From?
  by Yves Smith 12:07 am

April 20, 2007

• "The Market for Lemons" and Its Implications
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

• Freddie Mac Subprime Legerdemain
  by Yves Smith 12:03 am

April 19, 2007

• Mortgage Securitization Hinders Subprime Relief
  by Yves Smith 12:28 am

• "What Environment Do We Owe Our Descendents?"
  by Yves Smith 12:25 am

• Democrats Lose on Having Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

• Scary Chart: 1986-1987 vs. 2006-2007
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

April 18, 2007

• Supreme Court Nixes Borrower Protection
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

• Now It’s Official: Hedge Funds Deliver No Alpha
  by Yves Smith 1:46 am

• Health Care Reform Proposals: Still Off the Mark
  by Yves Smith 12:45 am

• The Unequal Politics of Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

• An Excellent Primer on Risk Management (and Its Shortcomings)
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

April 17, 2007

• Lying With Statistics, Inflation Version
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

• A Case for Tough Sentencing for White Collar Crime
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

• "Climate change may worsen instability"
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

• LBO Chief Warns of Coming Debt Crisis
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

• Dollar Falls Below Support Level
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

• Valuations: Another Reason to Worry About Hedge Funds
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

April 16, 2007

• Market Failure I: "Money-Driven Medicine"
  by Yves Smith 12:47 am

• Market Failure II: Corporate Bankruptcy
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

• Gallows Humor From Overextended Borrowers
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

• "Is the Fed’s Impact Waning?"
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

April 15, 2007

• Lee Iacocca is Angry
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

• Wal-Mart is Afraid of Nuns
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

April 14, 2007

• The Rise of the Free Trade Heretics
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

• Will Proposed Subprime Restrictions Dampen Securitization?
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

• Defining Deviancy Down, Microsoft Style
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

April 13, 2007

• Why Not Protect Borrowers? (Subprime Edition)
  by Yves Smith 2:02 am

• The Practical Difficulties of Weaning America Off Foreign Capital
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

• Private Sector Idolatry
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

• "Historical Bear Market Contractions"
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

April 12, 2007

• Wal-Mart: Continuing to Behave Badly?
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

• Verizon Vs. Vonage: Restraint of Competition?
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

April 11, 2007

• Questioning Assumptions on Economic Progress and Policies
  by Yves Smith 8:56 pm

• The Second Avenue Bear Market Indicator
  by Yves Smith 5:16 pm

• WSJ vs. FT on China Trade Row
  by Yves Smith 2:59 pm

• The NAR Projects a Fall in Housing Prices This Year
  by Yves Smith 12:19 pm

• The Private Sector Isn’t Always Cheaper/Better (Student Loan Edition)
  by Yves Smith 12:47 am

• Don’t Expect the Spending of the Rich to Stave Off a Slowdown
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

• Why Did Work Drop Out of the Happiness Calculus?
  by Yves Smith 12:16 am

April 10, 2007

• You Didn’t Read it in the Journal: Profit Outlook Lousy
  by Yves Smith 4:05 pm

• The Rich Get Richer, Hedge Fund Edition
  by Yves Smith 9:32 am

April 9, 2007

• British Ministry of Defense Has a Dystopian View of the Future
  by Yves Smith 9:31 pm

• Unpaid Condo Fees on the Rise
  by Yves Smith 8:37 pm

• What It Takes to Get on a No-Fly List
  by Yves Smith 4:31 pm

• Doubts About Detroit’s Ethanol Push
  by Yves Smith 2:32 pm

• Learning From the Mistakes of the 1994 Health Care Proposal
  by Yves Smith 12:45 am

April 8, 2007

• Foreclosures Happening Earlier Than Projected
  by Yves Smith 1:39 pm

• Happy Easter!
  by Yves Smith 1:23 am

• "Microsoft is Dead"
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

• A Good Guide to Forclosures
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

April 7, 2007

• Can You Believe What You Read (Particularly Regarding the Administration?)
  by Yves Smith 12:39 am

• Continued Weak Productivity Growth
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

• "Foreclosures: 15% of California Home Sales in March"
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

• Will the Chinese Stock Market Follow the NASDAQ?
  by Yves Smith 12:25 am

April 6, 2007

• Are Americans Bad at Government?
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

April 5, 2007

• "How Does This Recovery Stack Up?"
  by Yves Smith 10:47 pm

• PowerPoint’s Inherent Flaw
  by Yves Smith 1:36 am

• "Vulnerabilities to Global Growth"
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• The EU Slams Microsoft, Again
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

• Fitch Issues Warning on Commercial Real Estate Defaults
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

• Eco-Friendliness Ratings for Hardware Manufacturers
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

• Robert Shiller on the Grim Outlook for Housing Prices
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

April 4, 2007

• Wal-Mart Behaves Badly, Again
  by Yves Smith 3:03 am

• Japan’s Role in Global Imbalances
  by Yves Smith 2:39 am

• A Normal Yield Curve Isn’t Always a Good Thing
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

April 3, 2007

• Five Rules to Rule the World
  by Yves Smith 12:47 am

• Why Don’t They Understand the Brave New World of Credit?
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

• The Dangers of the Bond Market’s Disagreement with the Fed
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

• What the Fall in Saudi Oil Production Might Portend
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

April 2, 2007

• Krugman’s "Distract and Disenfranchise": Clever But Overstated
  by Yves Smith 12:44 am

• Coming: A Cellphone in Your Tooth
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

• A Bit of a Rant on Free Trade
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

April 1, 2007

• How the Democrats Were Hijacked By Wall Street, Uh, Rubin
  by Yves Smith 12:41 am

• "America’s ‘Seinfeld’ strategy in Iraq"
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

• U.S. Imposes Duties on Chinese Goods
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am