The Cranky Economist

Musings on economics, business, politics and anything else that catches this Washington-based cranky economist's eye. With occasional help from his cranky friends.

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Welcome Back! And SAL

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Welcome back, Cranky Friends. Since last we spoke, more than a month ago, I've been busy getting set up at my new job, elsewhere in the ...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Surprise, surprise

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I know I'm off to a late start today, but I'll try to make it up to all you FOCEs with somewhat more vigorous posting than you'v...
Monday, April 18, 2005

What a relief

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Also in your newspapers this morning, a report of the G-7 meetings held over the weekend in Washington. The main story seems to be that they...

Monday morning M&A

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Good morning, faithful FOCEs. I know you've been distraught by my sparse posting the past few days, and there's bad news -- the prob...
Saturday, April 16, 2005

Saturday Assets & Liabilities

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Although I feel somewhat like a liabiliity myself for not having posted as much over the past couple days, I present this week's assets ...
Friday, April 15, 2005

On a fast train to nowhere

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My apologies, dear FOCEs, for not blogging today. It was a busy and eventful 24 hours, and for better or worse I was too busy to blog. But n...
Thursday, April 14, 2005

While we're on the subject of taxes...

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This particularly obnoxious column from the BBC decries, among other things, tax avoidance -- the practice of exploiting legal loopholes in...

Maybe we'll let Granny see 2011 after all

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Good morning, FOCEs. The Cranky Economist is in Cranky New York today, so I will not be posting during the day. Instead I give you a veritab...
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

At least one Vioxx suit looks set to bite the dust

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Bad news for a plaintiff in Alabama: Merck purports to be able to prove that the suing widow's husband can't possibly have taken Vio...

Is it you?

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A milestone in Cranky Economistdom is fast approaching: my 100th hit since installing the counter last week. Will it be you? Check the count...
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A GM post

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The Cranky Economist is normally reluctant to link to Wall Street Journal content because only Cranky Subscribers can access it. But this we...

An MG post

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Remember MG Rover? Well, if you own a Rover don't count on your warranty -- there may not be enough cash to cover repair bills as promis...

More Snow

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Treasury Secretary John Snow has repeated his assertion that Fannie and Freddie should reduce their portfolios . Today's news is in most...

What we need is robots

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Or at least computers to execute our trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Although at this point I'm sure a lot of people...
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