At this point if we only took out the question of politicians and simply talked about proper regulation then we would have no argument. As you know, I am not averse to regulation if it is the rig...
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colonelmoore Central banks might deserve some of the blame for the financial recession, but most of it belongs to politicians that allowed investment banks to go wild. Countries that had t...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-163005
2slugs, it is getting to be a habit for me to ask you to reread what I wrote. In this case I questioned the idea that politicians have that much of an influence over the economy, versus the centr...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-163004
colonelmoore I'm not particularly disagreeing with your prediction that the GOP will do well in the 2012 elections. You might be right. I'm simply pointing out that if the GOP wins things ...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-163003
A quick postscript: In my world, central banking policies that favor high leverage tilt the playing field in favor of speculation. So it is reasonable to expect a huge increase in people doing fi...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-163002
2slugs, what I like about predictions is that they have a chance of be satisfied or falsified to some degree. If I were a betting man I would ask us both to put money on the table. The reason is ...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-163001
dwb, Low demand is due to declining discretionary disposable income. This is due to money pooling in financial services and obligations made under bad expectations (that high price were termporar...
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2sb, reminds me of Billy Madison: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said ... is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you ...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-162999
business survey after business survey (of corporate leaders) points to low demand, not uncertainty. People who claim "regulatory uncertianty" is hampering investment need to come up with examples...
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2011/09/investment_beha#comment-162998
colonelmoore I'm not saying your prediction about the GOP winning is necessarily wrong, but if that does come to pass then I think voters will learn that policiticans can effect the econom...
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