Armchair Economics

2010 Archives

January - Out On A Limb - Stepping out and predicting what I see for 2010 plus some take aways from 2009.

February - The Butterfly Effect - That little Greek butterfly is flapping its wings madly. 

March - The Melancholy Economy - Things sound like they are getting better but do they feel better?

April - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Like Clint Eastwood in this Spaghetti Western, will the US find its treasure?

May - The Lemmings Within - Why can't we rid ourselves of the economic cycle? 

June - The Circle of Manipulation - Do great personal value systems inspire prosperity, or is it prosperity that inspires great personal values?

July -It's All About Employment - Why can't we seem to inspire job growth?

August - The Infrastructural Correction - No way we're about to have a double dip because we're still in the Big Dip.

September - The Velocity of Change - Why does the pace of change today seem so dramatic?

October - The Elephant Running Amok - Want to see GDP analyzed in a new and revealing way?

November - The Schizophrenic Nation - Why have voters and the Fed suddenly changed their mind on our direction?

December - Tug of War - It was fun when we were children but doesn't seem quite as fun today.

Holidays 2010 - Year in Review- What did we experience and maybe what did we learn this year?

2009 Archive

January - The Crisis Within the Crisis - Want to learn the biggest economic issue no one else seems to know?

February - Where's the Opportunity? -  There is opportunity at every moment in the economic cycle.  Where is it today?

March - How Technology Inspired the Bubble - Wall Street, Washington and consumption addiction don't hold a candle to this catalyst for economic transformation.

April - Technology Hangover Debate - More depth on the most important influence in today's economy.

May - Are Those Green Shoots? - Is this really an economic recovery or has the wool been pulled over our eyes?

June - Shock and Awe - The amazing similarities between the war in Iraq and our current war against economic depression.

July - The Sea of Conundrum - We live in a sea of economic conundrums.  Why are things so difficult to understand?

August - Back to the Future - You don't have to go back to the Great Depression to find a recent example of America's current economic challenge.

September - The Perfect Stimulus - Dollarizing the world might be one shrewd strategy.

October - Could Oil Become the New Gold? - Maybe there's another safe harbor for times of economic calamity.

November - The Long and Winding Road - Addictions are not so easy to break, including economic ones.

December - In the Catbird Seat - What countries of the world are best positioned to withstand global contagion?