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Even though people are revved up now, and even though all of the economic stimulus ideas sound nice, the real question is this: Will Obama’s policies help the economy? The reality is that Obama is likely to find himself a frustrated president unable to do much of real impact for the economy while partisan bickering continues as each party worries more about taking the other down than actually attending to the people’s business.

White House released projections indicating that the Federal Budget Deficit will rise by almost $9 Trillion by 2019. The new figures also indicate that the national debt in 2019 would have risen to about $23 Trillion, or 76.5% of the GDP.

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How will we as a country spend $9 T more than [...]

Zero Hedge posts an open letter from Cliff Asness, the manager of AQR Capital decrying Obama’s strong arm tactics in pressuring the dissenting Chrysler bond holders to accept the White House plan of reorganization and accept proposed  reductions in the debt value. As a fervent believer in the capitalist system, Cliff argues that the primary [...]

I have let my displeasure be known over the pork laden spending in the stimulus package that was rushed through the congress. The continuing strings of bailouts and life support for value destroying banks is not going to help the US economy either. But there are more potent forces that have the potential to murk [...]

I have always wondered what the life and the business climate must have been during the Great Depression. Yes, I have read accounts and seen pictures but these probably do not convey the full picture. Now living through and observing this economic recession I am starting to get a feel for how it must have [...]

This is quite an extraordinary bill that just passed in the House of Representatives. It is such an unmitigated disaster that one would suppose that it was written by people who intentionally chose to go against the basic principles of economics as understood by anyone with some semblance of common sense.
For some excellent analysis of [...]

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