The Maese Insurrection » Economics http://www.maeseinsurrection.com Sedition is Beauty Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Did the Unabomber Predict the Terminator? http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/12/did-the-unabomber-predict-the-terminator.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/12/did-the-unabomber-predict-the-terminator.html#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:23:11 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/12/did-the-unabomber-predict-the-terminator.html Yes.  And The Matrix is made of credit default swaps

A very interesting article from the NY Times about how some financial instruments are so complex, they can only exist because of computers.  Find it here.

]]> http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/12/did-the-unabomber-predict-the-terminator.html/feed 0 The Marginal Product of Capital http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/10/the-marginal-product-of-capital.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/10/the-marginal-product-of-capital.html#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:26:14 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/10/the-marginal-product-of-capital.html Maybe there’s not so much to worry about after all?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10mulligan.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

]]> http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/10/10/the-marginal-product-of-capital.html/feed 0 The Bailout is Dead… http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-is-dead.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-is-dead.html#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:36:08 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-is-dead.html  

But here is what it would have cost, courtesy of the LA Times:

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]]> http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/29/the-bailout-is-dead.html/feed 0 What the Hell Does This Financial Crisis Mean? http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/19/what-the-hell-does-this-financial-crisis-mean.html http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/19/what-the-hell-does-this-financial-crisis-mean.html#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:50:40 +0000 S. Steven Maese http://www.maeseinsurrection.com/2008/09/19/what-the-hell-does-this-financial-crisis-mean.html Read this to find out.  By far the most simple and accurate single source explanation of how the current financial crisis started and what it all means can be found here.

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