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- ...Though Pitchforks May Be Useful on Compensation
- Ryan Avent submits: On the subject of pitchforks, I will offer one counterpoint, courtesy of this week's print edition: Lehman Brothers made losses in the two quarters before it collapsed yet continued to accrue a compensation pot not far off the levels of 2007. Shareholder returns over the entire...
- External links 2009-07-18
- CDS Legislation: Proof That Lawmakers Shouldn't Try Regulating
- Ryan Avent submits: Opinions differ on the culpability of credit default swaps in the recent financial crisis, but most market observers agree that some rules ought to change to ensure that CDS don't cause major problems in the future. A central clearinghouse for CDS contracts is one good idea,...
- External links 2009-07-16
- CIT: Too Big to Not Fail?
- Ryan Avent submits: Markets still digesting the good earnings news out of Goldman Sachs GS and JP Morgan JPM are now pondering the potential effect of a CIT CIT bankruptcy. The commercial lender has been on the ropes for days now and furiously negotiating with the federal government over...
- External links 2009-07-16
- Banks Biting the Hand That Saved Them?
- Ryan Avent submits: In 1993, as the Clinton administration attempted to pass a major piece of health insurance reform legislation, insurance industry groups ran a series of devastating advertisements featuring the characters Harry and Louise, who warned Americans of all the health care choices the government would soon be...
- External links 2009-07-08
- Some Upside Surprises
- Ryan Avent submits: Sometimes, the numbers come in better than expected. If you're Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s GS second- quarter profit exceeded analysts’ estimates as record trading and stock underwriting led the company to its highest quarterly profit. by Ryan Avent
- External links 2009-07-14
- More on the Scarcity of Land Debate
- Ryan Avent submits: WAS the housing bubble fueled by the belief that the world was running out of land? Almost certainly not; the housing bubble was fueled be speculative mania, and land scarcity was one of many explanations grafted on to the phenomenon by those looking to make or...
- External links 2009-06-19
- On Bailouts, Lobbying and a Strong Chief Executive
- Ryan Avent submits: GREG MANKIW recently linked to this Boston Globe story, which noted: General Motors Corp. will delay the closing of a Norton parts distribution center it planned to shutter by the end of the year, according to US Representative Barney Frank. The extension will temporarily preserve about...
- External links 2009-06-13
- Citigroup Recapitalization Program: Cash for Clunkers
- Ryan Avent submits: Steven Levitt doesn't like the numbers he's seeing in reported applications for Cash for Clunkers vouchers: The “Cash for Clunkers” program gives roughly a $4,000 subsidy when a person trades in a clunker for a new car that gets better gas mileage. by Ryan Avent
- External links 2009-08-04
- What's Next for Fannie and Freddie?
- Ryan Avent submits: The Washington Post reported yesterday morning on discussions within the American government over the fate of quasi-governmental mortgage firms Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE. Readers may recall that the two companies were placed in government conservatorship late last summer after doubts about the financial...
- External links 2009-08-07
- What Disruptive Technology Can Teach Us About the Economy
- Ryan Avent submits: I’ve been enjoying Tim Lee’s posts discussing the introduction and impact of a disruptive technology. Let me quote some a lot of what he’s been writing: The key characteristic of a disruptive technology is that at its introduction, it is markedly inferior to the...
- External links 2009-09-01
- The Pros and Cons for Obama in Reappointing Bernanke
- Ryan Avent submits: Why do presidents tend to appoint, or re-appoint, Federal Reserve chairmen from the opposite party? Brad DeLong writes: The reason American presidents are so willing to reappoint Fed chairmen from the opposite party is closely linked to one of the things a president seeks: The confidence...
- External links 2009-08-31
- Recession Is Easing- Check Your Underwear
- Ryan Avent submits: Readers, this week tends to be one of the slowest of the year. Half of the working world—including policymakers—is on vacation, and those that aren't are counting down the hours to the last good weekend of summer (a three-day weekend in America). It's difficult to find...
- External links 2009-08-31
- America, Savvy Investor
- Ryan Avent submits: There is still plenty of time for America's banking strategy to fail miserably—a new round of economic contraction could lead to new troubles for large banks, or inadequate regulatory reform may allow moral hazard plays to sow the seeds of a future crisis—but for now it...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Roubini, Oil and a Double Dipstick
- Ryan Avent submits: Nouriel Roubini is very worried about a double-dip recession these days. The principle risk to a fledgling recovery, according to Mr Roubini, is excessive anxiousness among policy makers looking to reel in stimulative monetary and fiscal policies, but commodities prices also pose a threat: Energy and...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Home Sales Appear to Be on the Mend
- Ryan Avent submits: Housing markets continue to move toward something like normal: Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 7.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.24 million units in July from a level of 4.89 million in June, and are 5.0 percent...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Let's Not Bar Goldman Sachs from Carbon Trading Just Yet
- Ryan Avent submits: One of the more potent criticisms of a proposed cap-and-trade policy aimed at reducing America's carbon emissions is that the market for carbon allowances could come to be dominated and manipulated by financial institutions. These firms, the argument goes, might either bid prices all out of...
- External links 2009-08-16
- Signs of a Lumpy Global Recovery
- Ryan Avent submits: Globally, the second quarter is a study in contrasts. Consider the latest news from Japan: Leading economists believe Japan's economy may have rebounded faster than previously expected in the April-June quarter, a government-affiliated group said in a report released Tuesday. by Ryan Avent
- External links 2009-08-11
- Is Goldman Sachs Really Doing Anything Wrong?
- Ryan Avent submits: Felix Salmon catches Goldman Sachs GS president Gary Cohn being a little too honest in a discussion with New York Times reporter Jenny Anderson. Here's Mr Cohn: Our risk appetite continues to grow year on year, quarter on quarter, as our balance sheet and liquidity continue...
- External links 2009-08-07
- Why Cities Will Keep Growing, Recession or Not
- Ryan Avent submits: I know Megan isn’t just trying to goad me, but it kind of feels like Megan is trying to goad me: There’s a lot of angst out there over whether products like Starbucks SBUX that seem somehow emblematic of an era of wasteful spending...
- External links 2009-05-21
- Housing: When Lawmakers Use Jingle Mail
- Ryan Avent submits: Your more pessimistic economists often predict continuing devastation for housing markets based on the idea that an underwater home is necessarily a home in default or will soon become one. They simply conclude that no rational homeowner would continue paying more for a home than it's...
- External links 2009-04-21
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