Fun at the University of Tennessee.

If you have never seen a big time college football game, like with 104,000 folks at UT, then put that on your bucket list. Then go out and have dinner at some place nice. Make a point with a martini in your hand. Just make that point before you start drinking it.....

I may be overweight...but I've always been a sucker for fashion.

Friday morning musings...

One question to Iran...how would you like this back?

Take an Econ Thought Quiz for fun and giggles...

Thanks to Dr. Rothman for the web site.




http://www.sporcle.com/games/DeaconEcon/famous_economists

Hey Yah!

Neat graph from James Hamilton.

Here is a graph of the breakdown of GDP: Housing is Up! But business investment remains stuck in free fall. The employment picture will not brighten until that component turns around. Consumption was 2.4% of the 3.5% growth and 60% of that was from the purchases of automobiles and parts.

From Greg Makiw's Blog...maybe peeps don't know us for a reason?

With apologies to my sociology friends.....

I just heard Dick Armey on the radio say "politics is morally and intellectually lower than everything except sociology." Maybe after this last big blow up we should add economics too?

Uwe Reinhardt lays out the economics....

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/the-case-for-mandating-health-insurance/