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Moneybox 2009:
Daily commentary about business and finance.
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- If Paul Krugman Were a Woman He would be Noriko Hama.
July 1, 2009 - Can't Robots Press the Elevator Buttons? Japan, the world's most efficient economy, has lots of gas station attendants and elevator operators. Why?
June 29, 2009 - Denver's Secret Why so many green jobs are sprouting in Colorado.
June 27, 2009 - Tokyo Is Burning Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
June 26, 2009 - A Recession in Dog Years The United States is experiencing what Japan did in the 1990s, but seven times faster.
June 24, 2009 - The Myth of the Rational Market A podcast with author Justin Fox.
June 18, 2009 - The New Boom-Bust Cycle The housing and finance sectors caused the economic mess. Here's why they can't fix it.
June 16, 2009 - The Almighty Dollar (Store) Dollar General, the retailer that figured out how to beat the recession.
June 13, 2009 - The Bond War Why Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson are hammering each other about T-Bill interest rates.
June 4, 2009 - Bailout Nation Barry Ritholtz explains how greed destroyed the American economic system.
June 4, 2009 - Which Side Are You On? How the UAW's new ownership stake in GM and Chrysler will defang the union.
June 2, 2009 - The Summer Home Bust Good riddance to those cottages on the Cape, those cabins in the Adirondacks!
May 30, 2009 - The Bankruptcy Parasites GM's Chapter 11 filing will be bad news for everyone—except the lawyers, accountants, and paper-pushers who'll make a mint off it.
May 28, 2009 - Good Luck With That 401(k)! Medicare and Social Security are in terrible shape. Unfortunately, private-sector health and pension plans are doing even worse.
May 27, 2009 - SWF ISO Bailout What explains the rapid decline of sovereign-wealth funds?
May 22, 2009 - Fool's Gold A podcast.
May 21, 2009 - The Avis Economy Can we end the recession simply by trying harder?
May 19, 2009 - The Secrets of Chang The recession is killing chain restaurants. So why is P.F. Chang's thriving?
May 15, 2009 - General Tso, Meet Colonel Sanders Why KFC and other American companies are finally thriving in China.
May 14, 2009 - Why GM May Go Bankrupt To some of its investors, it's worth more dead than alive.
May 12, 2009 - Match King: The Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals A podcast with Frank Partnoy.
May 11, 2009 - Don't Stress About It Instead of focusing on the stress tests, we should look at these other measures of bank health.
May 6, 2009 - Bond. Lame Bond. Chrysler's bondholders are whining about Obama's deal. Don't listen to them.
May 4, 2009 - Jolly Madison Why life is still good for business school students … in Wisconsin.
May 1, 2009 - The Patient Is in Stable Condition Obama calmed the economy in his first 100 days. Now what should he do?
April 29, 2009 - Condé Bust Why Portfolio folded.
April 27, 2009 - The Merge Surge Does this week's spike in corporate mergers signal an economic rebound?
April 24, 2009 - The Scary Rise of the "Empty Creditor" They'd rather drive good companies into bankruptcy than save them. Why?
April 21, 2009 - Green Shoots Is the economy really showing signs of recovery?
April 17, 2009 - The Real "Green" Innovation Why alternative energy depends more on financial wizardry than mechanical wizardry.
April 16, 2009 - When Did Your County's Jobs Disappear? An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures.
April 15, 2009 - Taxes, Widows, and Orphans Conservative hypocrisy about Obama's proposal to limit charitable tax deductions for the rich.
April 15, 2009 - Bankers vs. Economists Who deserves more blame for the global economic collapse?
April 14, 2009 - Of, by, and for the Bondholders When in trouble, bondholders have always looked to Washington for relief.
April 11, 2009 - And It Can't Count on a Bailout Introducing one company ideally suited not to prosper in the Obama era.
April 7, 2009 - A Banker Bridges the Wealth Gap A podcast with Jacqueline Novogratz.
April 2, 2009 - Paper Money Newspapers aren't assets to be flipped, leveraged, and stripped.
April 1, 2009 - Paid Cadillac Prices, Got a Chevrolet Obama's auto bailout punishes Wall Streeters as much his toxic-assets program helped them.
March 30, 2009 - Bubblespeak The Orwellian language of Wall Street finds its way to the Treasury Department.
March 28, 2009 - I Want To Buy Troubled Assets Why can't individual investors get the sweetheart deal Geithner's plan is offering to hedge funds?
March 24, 2009 - Man Up, Capitalists! Why does the treasury secretary have to bribe investors to take risks?
March 23, 2009 - House of Cards A podcast with William D. Cohan.
March 23, 2009 - Goldman Sachs, Welfare Queen Wall Street's most storied firm is surviving on taxpayer dollars.
March 19, 2009 - They Got the Wrong Guy Why Congress' confrontation with AIG's CEO was a failure.
March 18, 2009 - Jump! If the economy is going to recover, Americans need to start taking risks again.
March 14, 2009 - Stop Listening to Wall Street Obama should pay no attention at all to stock prices.
March 14, 2009 - Park Avenue Marauding Through SoHo! There is a war against the rich, but it's being waged by other rich people.
March 9, 2009 - Dumb Money A podcast.
March 6, 2009 - War on the Rich? The bogus GOP claim that Obama is trying to bleed wealthy Americans.
March 5, 2009 - The World According to TARP If banks don't like the scrutiny that comes with bailout funds, why don't they just return the money?
March 3, 2009 - The Bubble Next Time Regulations that will stop us from acting crazy next time there's an irrational boom.
Feb. 28, 2009 - The N-Word Nobody wants to nationalize Citi. But it may be the least-bad option.
Feb. 26, 2009 - Dumb Money The villains of the financial catastrophe aren't criminals. They're morons.
Feb. 23, 2009 - The Big Rich A podcast with Bryan Burrough.
Feb. 19, 2009 - Public Relations Fiasco Why can't America's banking CEOs defend themselves better?
Feb. 14, 2009 - This Isn't Your Grandfather's Recession Tax cuts won't solve our current economic woes.
Feb. 12, 2009 - More Gloom, Please The economic and financial crises are even worse than Obama admits.
Feb. 10, 2009 - Declining Declinism Don't believe the historians and economists who say America's best days are behind us.
Feb. 6, 2009 - The King of Madison Avenue A podcast with Kenneth Roman.
Feb. 6, 2009 - Economic Know-Nothingism The GOP's nutso claim that government spending doesn't create jobs.
Feb. 4, 2009 - Three Strikes and You're Bailed Out Why Citi shouldn't cancel its $400 million purchase of naming rights for the Mets new stadium.
Feb. 3, 2009 - Searching for an Optimist at Davos I spent three days looking for someone who doesn't think the world's going to hell.
Jan. 31, 2009 - The Spirit of Davos The Davos Man is supposed to be gracious and civil. Not this year.
Jan. 30, 2009 - Davos Man, Confused Why the world's economic leaders blame the catastrophe on the system instead of themselves.
Jan. 29, 2009 - I See Dead Bankers! Wall Street has become The Sixth Sense—filled with corpses who think they're still alive.
Jan. 27, 2009 - The Quitter Economy Companies are liquidating; homeowners are mailing in the keys. Have we given up?
Jan. 24, 2009 - The Day Wall Street Exploded An exclusive podcast with Beverly Gage.
Jan. 22, 2009 - Liquidation Nation Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, and Sharper Image are gone. What company is next to go under?
Jan. 21, 2009 - Will Anyone Give Bush a Job? Being ex-president is usually easy and lucrative. It won't be for George W. Bush.
Jan. 17, 2009 - My Stimulus Is Better Than Yours! The battle over whether fiscal policy or monetary policy will fix the economy faster.
Jan. 13, 2009 - The Botox Bubble The health care industry was supposed to be recession-proof. So why is it in trouble?
Jan. 9, 2009 - Matt Miller on The Tyranny of Dead Ideas An interview with Daniel Gross.
Jan. 8, 2009 - Know When To Hold 'Em The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little.
Jan. 7, 2009 - Spit When You Say "Madoff" How Palm Beach's ultrarich are recovering from the financial scandal.
Jan. 3, 2009
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