Gary Gorton speaks...time to listen. There is no one of greater value speaking on the financial system today.

http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/pub_display.cfm?id=4596

Bad placement and bad spelling.

Time Machine: That's me playing lacrosse and hanging out in some Wisconsin beer joint in college circa 1982.

For those of you have been to Wisconsin, especially cities like Madison and White Water, there is a bar on every single corner in every neighborhood. We just played a lacrosse game so me and the boys went to wet our whistles....28 years ago.

Very Merry Christmas to you all.

What a surprise this old boy has coming....

As dumb as they come. Cigarettes are OK for the fetus but jack hammers...NO!

Time to have a debate about gold's role in the world monetary system. NUTS! End of debate.

And Congressman Ryan needs to shut up about it too.



http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-09/more-than-half-of-americans-want-fed-reined-in-or-abolished.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/12/07/house-republicans-continue-drumbeat-against-feds-role/?mod=djemRTE_h

http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/should-the-us-return-to-the-gold-standard

We are a country of laws and tolerance.

You can believe in stones if you like...just don't throw them at me. I remember reading stories about Muslim families in Queens after Sept. 11th getting knocks on their doors shortly thereafter. The neighbors came by not to castigate or villify, but rather to indicate that if anyone gave them a problem they should tell them and they would come to their defense. This is what America truly represents.



http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/12/08/the_islamophobia_myth/

Ken Rogoff talks...time to listen.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff75/English

One bad little dude.