Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII for Thursday, October 16, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Firing the Pied Piper

Supply-side Economics, AKA Trickle Down Economics. AKA Reaganomics. AKA Didn't Work. I'm not going to get in to a debate here on whether the econ. policy worked or didn't. When people talk up their own success they only speak of jobs created. Jobs lost always seems strangely overlooked. Ever since... Sign in to see full entry.

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Precious metals

Before the massive and egregious corporate skulduggery led to them needing a $750B stimulus package, there were business cycles. Stocks went up, stocks dropped off. Bonds and commodities rose when stocks fell and lost some of their value when stocks started climbing again. Investors knew what to... Sign in to see full entry.

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