Making Money Betting Against the American Dream
NPR, of all people, have a very funny show tune explaining how to make money betting against the American Dream. (Hat tip to The Big Picture.)
Consumer Attitudes: The Future of Saving and Spending
This recession has shaken people up, but what will be the lasting effects on consumer behavior? That's one of the key questions as we look forward at the nature of the recovery. I've been arguing …
Vendor Performance in the Economic Recovery: 5 Lessons
Betty tried to place an order with her long-standing vendor, but got bad news: the vendor could not deliver within her timeline. She had a firm commitment to her customers, so she had to scramble …
Charts: Another Guy Who Loves Them
Even Public Broadcasting has noticed my love of charts, saying Perhaps the most noticeable feature on the site is its fluent use of colorful charts; Conerly uses them to help explain the data that he …
Management of Sales Effort in Economic Recession and Recovery
The way you are managing your sales staff my cost you market share in the recovery. There are two basic ways to evaluate sales representatives: results or effort. Using results makes sense for experienced sales …
What Economics Majors Should Know About Graduate School
This post is for college students who are interested in economics and thinking about graduate school. There's an article aimed at the academic economics profession that you will find insightful. Dave Collander and KimMarie McGoldrick …
The Composition of the Economy: It’s Not What You Think
Yesterday I heard a doom and gloom outlook from a businessman whose attitude derived the weak commercial real estate market. I regularly hear from residential real estate brokers and developers that the economy is terrible, …
Bailout! A New Merle Hazard Song
My day is always happy when Merle Hazard releases a new song. (Hat tip to Calculated Risk.) Here’s his latest, Bailout: You can find more at www.MerleHazard.com. My favorite is “Inflation or Deflation.”
Economy: Step Onto My Cloud
Just installed a cool little Firefox application called Cloudlet. Here's what happened when I googled myself: Question: if you know me or my work, what other tags should Google have found? Leave a comment.
Housing Starts Still Weak, Despite the Headlines
These guys who write newspaper headlines are getting me down. Here's the Wall Street Journal's online head: "Housing Starts Jumped in June." Bloomberg proclaims: "Housing Starts in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Highest Level in Seven …
America The Beautiful: Ray Charles
The most beautiful music of the day (HT to Mark Perry at Carpe Diem)
Wolfram Alpha: Great News for Information Junkies
If you, like me, love to find cool facts, you absolutely need to know about Wolfram Alpha. As an example type in "zip code" followed by your zip code.