Bailout

    What Would a Third Party Be Like?

    By: Flagstaff (Diary)  |  September 29th at 11:19 PM  | 

    If things are as they appear (and of course they seldom are), we were all treated today to the spectacle of the American equivalent of what a third Party would be like. We had the Democrats and the Senatorial Republicans, with the House Republicans (perhaps joined by some House Democrats) as the Third Party. What remains to be seen is whether they plan to use | Read More »

    An Analyst’s Take on the Financial “Crisis”

    By: Flagstaff (Diary)  |  September 26th at 12:53 PM  | 

    The current financial problem has been inflated into a looming crisis by politicians and analysts who have ignored basic concepts of problem solving. First, identify the problem. Have they done that? Maybe, and maybe they’ve only identified the symptoms and the prognosis if things run their course without interference. It’s definitely true that they haven’t clearly described the problem to the public in general. If | Read More »

    An Analyst’s Take on the Financial “Crisis”

    By: Flagstaff (Diary)  |  September 26th at 12:50 PM  | 

    Double posted. Mea culpa. Original here.