The Dangerous Economist

That is the name of a new book that was just reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. You can read that review by clicking on Science Comes to S...

This is from an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education called Donors From Academe Favor Obama by a Wide Margin . You will probably ne...

It was an article in the San Antonio Express-News this past week by financial expert Scott Burns. The title was How History Is Likely To See...

That is the name of an article which you can read by clicking here . This is the intro: "About half of American doctors in a new study ...

That is the name of a book by Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist. I will get to it below. But first, if any students are interested...

The price of gas is coming down, but it would be foolish to think it will stay low for very long. So who makes this car and when can you get...

You can read all about it here Japan Goes Bananas For New Diet . It seems that there is a new fad diet where you eat bananas in the morning....

This entry is basically a repeat of one from about 2 years ago but with one excerpt added in. For any of my students, here is a link that ta...

Shocking? Maybe not. Maybe it was appropriate since the bill was all about money to begin with. You can read all about in Tax breaks big and...

A couple of weeks ago jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his quartet were the headline act for "Jazz Alive" here in San Antonio. It took...

Here is the link: Heroes of capitalism Here is their description of the blog: "The Heroes: What is a hero of capitalism? Someone who us...

"brands can not only reflect who we are but also affect how we behave." That comes from today's "consumed" column i...

President Bush has signed the bailout bill. So the government will start buying assets from the banks. These assets are hard to value. They ...

You can read about it at Financial meltdown: Hyman Minsky warned us this would happen Here is a key exerpt: "At its core, the Minsky vi...

The Wall Street Journal had an article recently called In Financial Crisis, Metaphors Fly Like Bad Analogies . I guess that when times are u...

That was a question asked on MSNBC’s Hardball by Chris Matthews earlier this year. I guess that since Obama taught law at the University Of ...

Normally I would have waited until Thursday or Friday to post, but there is alot going on. This link at Yahoo Finance has a good basic set o...

Here is a link to the news article Sexist Men Earn More Money: Study The full study is at Click here for the full study . Below are exerpts ...

These are all from the Wall Street Journal and give a good overview of what is happening. Shock Forced Paulson's Hand Stopping the Pani...

I usually don't just pass on what I saw at other blogs, especially since I have links to some goods ones. But this is such a big story t...