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Category Archives: Economics
NYT: ‘In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out’
Why is it a hopeful sign? What’s so great about people spending less money on healthcare? I guess the Left knows the proper amount that people should spend on healthcare and will try to legislate it. I want people to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged changing behavior, fiscal performance, health costs, hopeful sign, private citizens, term debts
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If You Won’t Let The Free Market Work, You’ll Have To Wait In Line
The New York Times reports today: New York has been among the most aggressive states in trying to protect homeowners from foreclosure, granting new legal protections and turning courts across the state into teeming negotiation centers working to keep people … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged endless paperwork, foreclosure cases, foreclosure relief, government scholarships, grocery clerks, national foreclosure
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Best Buy Heads For Bankruptcy
I went to Best Buy on Pico Blvd last Wednesday and the customer service, when I was able to flag a reluctant employee, was shoddy at best. The employees rarely seem educated or enthusiastic, much like the folks I remember … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged earnings announcement, killer product, larry downes, ripe target, street column, wall street journal
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Who’s To Blame For The Housing Crash?
Dennis Prager recommends these three books: Architects of Ruin: How big government liberals wrecked the global economy—and how they will do it again if no one stops them by Peter Schweizer, Paul Sperry’s The Great American Bank Robbery: The Unauthorized … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged boom and bust, bush administrations, community reinvestment act, Dennis Prager, department of housing and urban development, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal housing administration, government liberals, peter j wallison, tom sowell
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Preparing For Tough Times
“You’re doing three smart things,” a secular Jew told me this week. “You’ve joined a tight community (Orthodox Judaism) where people help each other. You’ve learned a skill (teaching Alexander Technique) that you can make money from anywhere. And you’ve … Continue reading
Obama’s Mortgage Refinance Plan
(Reuters) – The government could unveil a plan in a few weeks to help up to one million struggling borrowers refinance their mortgages at lower rates. Anxious to do more to help the depressed housing market, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged democratic lawmaker, mortgage borrowing, mortgage choices, mortgage interest rates, mortgage reits, timothy geithner
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How To Save Money
Most people find it easier to cut spending rather than increase income. Over the past 17 years, I’ve maximized my personal freedom by cutting my expenses. I like doing what I want to do when I want to do it. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged empty stomach, perishable goods, personal freedom, starbucks coffee, time offender, trash cans
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Men Tend To Have Wide Networks Of Shallow Relationships
This is one of the reasons men tend to have more influence on the wider world — this wider network of shallow relationships. This makes for success in business, academia, culture, sports, and the like. Women tend to have smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Facebook, Personal, Sex
Tagged culture sports, Facebook, human interactions, professional success, social networks
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The Justice Department’s War On Banks
Remember, Jews have long played a disproportionate role in banking. When government instructs bankers on how they may invest their funds and forces them to extend loans to politically protected minorities with bad credit and a low likelihood of paying … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged brush strokes, c ross, klu klux klan, minority borrowers, personal bias, political appointee
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A Rabbi’s Take On The News
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield has a video on the Washington Post about President Obama’s plans for the mortgage market. The rabbi has no special expertise in the mortgage market. Instead, he’s evaluating the wording of recent business news. The rabbi condemns … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, R. Brad Hirschfield
Tagged chairman of the federal reserve, mortgage market, rabbi brad hirschfield, rick perry, tough talk
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