Archive for September, 2009:

Soviet Shoes

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
(September 30, 2009 10:42 PM, by David Henderson) I mentioned in Tuesday's post that one of my favorite passages from Scott Shane's Dismantling Utopia is the passage about shoes. Commenter Bill asked me for the passage. Here it is: My ...Read More »

Jim Chanos in the spotlight

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
James Chanos is a legendary American hedge-fund manager and president and founder of Kynikos Associates, a New York City investment company focused on short selling. This post features Chanos being interviewed by Rob Johnson of New Deal 2.0. Please visit my ...Read More »

Koo: Government fulfilling necessary function

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
Richard Koo says the US will have an all-out recession if government spending and the budget deficits are cut back before the balance sheets of consumers have been restored and they start buying again. Read on for some comments from ...Read More »

Joseph Stiglitz on camera

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
James Surowiecki spoke with Professor Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, about the mishandling of the financial crisis, the relationship between government and markets, and the future of capitalism around the world. Click through for the clip ... Please visit my ...Read More »

Could you spare a stimulus package?

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
Have we created an entire stimulus culture? Please visit my website (by clicking on the heading above) for the full article, as well as other interesting investment snippets. Related posts:Heard of Stimulus Grants? Scams Abound ...Read More »

Snapfish: FREE Custom Photo Greeting Card

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
Categories : Deal Seeking Mom
Through October 6th you can get a FREE custom photo greeting card by using the code FALLCARD09 at checkout! Shipping is just $1.49 — you can’t even purchase a nice greeting card in stores for that price, and even better, ...Read More »

Special K: $10 Off Jeans Deal

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
Categories : Deal Seeking Mom
If you haven’t done the Special K deal at Kmart yet this week, here’s a way to make it even better (and if you’ve already done it, you should be able to do it again because the Special K coupons ...Read More »

Taking Bryan’s Counterintuitive Claim Challenge

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
(September 30, 2009 07:05 PM, by Arnold Kling) Recently, Bryan posed a challenge and a follow-up to state a basic economic claim that is difficult to explain simply and intuitively. Of all of Greg Mankiw's Ten Principles of Economics, the ...Read More »

Walgreens: Healthy Savings Coupon Booklet

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
Categories : Deal Seeking Mom
I’ve had a number of you inquire about the Walgreens Healthy Savings coupon booklet, so I figured I’d post a list of the coupons as well as a photo of the booklet itself so you know what to look for. $0.50/1 ...Read More »

Unchecked and Unbalanced Teaser

{ Posted on Sep 30 2009 by admin }
(September 30, 2009 06:03 PM, by Arnold Kling) Cato's Caleb Brown and I recorded a podcast about Unchecked and Unbalanced, which I gather will appear in late November. If you listen for the eight minutes or so, I think you ...Read More »