George Washington's blog
Broken Incentives: “People See What They're Incentivized to See. If You Pay Someone Not to See the Truth, They Won’t See the Truth.”
Submitted by George Washington on 03/15/2010 13:15 -0500It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
7 Questions About Public Banking
Submitted by George Washington on 03/14/2010 17:21 -0500Do you know where credit really comes from?
Life is Great ... But Only If You Are Already Mega-Wealthy
Submitted by George Washington on 03/12/2010 19:40 -0500Are you having a good crisis?
We Can't Inflate Our Way Out of the Debt Crisis ... So What CAN We Do?
Submitted by George Washington on 03/12/2010 14:09 -0500It doesn't take rocket science to understand 2 basic ways we can reduce our debt ...
82% of Americans: Clamp Down on Wall Street • Financial Experts: Rein In Big Banks to Save Economy • Politicians: Keep Them Lobbying Dollars Coming!
Submitted by George Washington on 03/11/2010 16:24 -050082% of the American public wants tougher regulation of Wall Street.
Most top independent financial experts say that we need to break up the big banks and otherwise rein in the financial giants in order to save the economy.
But Summers, Geithner, Bernanke and Congress like things just the way they are.
Of course they do ... they're bought and paid for:
Unemployment: Better, Worse or Less Bad?
Submitted by George Washington on 03/10/2010 18:10 -0500What do the January unemployment numbers mean? How about February?
6 Theories On Why the Stock Market Has Rallied
Submitted by George Washington on 03/09/2010 16:57 -0500Why has the stock market rallied?
Geithner: 'We Saved the Economy, But We Kind of Lost the Public Doing It' | Me: We Can Save the Economy, But Only If We Kind of Lose Geithner
Submitted by George Washington on 03/08/2010 17:21 -0500"We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs to get millions back for Americans."
White Schools Bernanke on Basic Economics
Submitted by George Washington on 03/05/2010 19:10 -0500White FTW ...
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist: Federal Reserve System is Corrupt and Undermines Democracy
Submitted by George Washington on 03/04/2010 15:35 -0500Other than that how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
Demand that Congress Pass the "Keep Your Hands Off My 401(k) Act of 2010"
Submitted by George Washington on 03/04/2010 14:55 -0500There is no harm - and tremendous benefit - to outlawing extremely dangerous acts, even if no one is sure that they will be committed ...
No Wonder the Economy Isn't Improving
Submitted by George Washington on 03/03/2010 13:18 -0500Heck of a job, guys ...
Raise Taxes and Cut Services? Why Not Stop Unneccesary Bailouts, Unnecesary Wars and Unnecessary Interest Costs Instead?
Submitted by George Washington on 03/02/2010 19:19 -0500If we did these things, we wouldn't have to raise taxes OR cut core services to the American people ...
15 Years Ago, the Combined Assets of the 6 Biggest Banks Totaled 17% of GDP... By 2006, 55% ... Now, 63%
Submitted by George Washington on 03/02/2010 01:34 -0500The big boys have gotten a LOT bigger
Grading Free Market Capitalism and "The Invisible Hand"
Submitted by George Washington on 02/27/2010 22:52 -0500The real Adam Smith ...
