Search
Menu

Tony Lima's Economic Analysis

Primary menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • About
    • Dr. Lima’s Resumé
  • Product Reviews
  • Expand the House (Budget)
  • Learning
    • Learning Econometrics
    • Learning Economics With Video
    • Learning Math
    • Learning Portfolio Theory
  • Licensing and Copyright Notices
  • Privacy Policy

Category Archives: Economic policy

Fitch downgrades the US

Fitch Downgrades the US

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Tony Lima

Fitch downgraded U.S. debt to AA+. Herb Stein once said “If it cannot go on forever, it will stop.” The current path is unsustainable.Fitch downgraded U.S. debt to AA+. Herb Stein once said “If it cannot go on forever, it will stop.” The current path is unsustainable. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged credit rating, debt, debt to gdp, failed treasury auction, featured, Fitch
The Fed is Out of Control

The Fed is Out of Control

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Tony Lima

“Although the report was published as a report of the Board of Governors, it was the product of one Board Member, and was not reviewed …” Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged featured, Fed, Out of control

First Quarter GDP

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Tony Lima

First quarter growth was driven by Federal government hiring. Higher government cost was a major contributor to the ongoing inflation. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic Data, Economic policy | Tagged advance estimate, economic growth, featured, first quarter, gdp, inflation
Colin Grabow on the Jones Act

Colin Grabow on the Jones Act

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Tony Lima

Colin Grabow (@cpgrabow) and Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) are two must-follows on Twitter on the subject of international trade. Here’s Colin’s latest Twitter thread on the Jones Act. Continue Reading →

Posted in Economic policy | Tagged featured, Grabow, international trade, Jones Act

Silicon Valley Bank and the Regulators

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Tony Lima

One question that has come up is whether this was a failure of regulation.  Stanford Prof. John Cochrane is a proponent of this idea. I don’t find his arguments persuasive. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged bank regulation, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, DFPI, FDIC, featured, federal reserve, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB
Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Tony Lima

On March 10, Silicon Valley Bank was closed by the FDIC.  The main cause was an incompetent management team that wasn’t interested in banking. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged ChiGrl, FDIC, featured, federal reserve, Genevieve Rock Decter, Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB, Treasury
Greenwash Biden Administration Trying to Force ESG Rules on Fiduciaries

Biden Administration Trying to Force ESG Rules on Fiduciaries

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Tony Lima

Biden wants to force ESG rules on fiduciaries. If markets are efficient, portfolios that maximize returns must outperform all others, Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged ESG, featured, fiduciary

Baby Formula Shortage

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Tony Lima

There is a baby formula shortage in the U.S. today.  Relaxing U.S. restrictions on imports would help. Congress is incapable of doing that. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged baby formula, Cato Institute, featured, Lincicome, shortage
Wanted poster Repeal the Jones Act

Repeal the Jones Act

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Tony Lima

Puerto Rick is a hurricane magnet. After the last one, power was out for 928,000 residents. The island has many diesel power generators. A tanker full of diesel was moored off the coast. But it wasn’t allowed to dock. Why? The Jones Act. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged diesel generator, featured, Jones Act, Puerto Rico
Assault Stove Ban Natural Gas

Banning Gas Kitchen Stoves

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Tony Lima

Some bureaucrats in the Consumer Product Safety Commission have floated a proposal to ban the sale of gas kitchen stoves. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged electric stoves, featured, gas stoves, house fires, indoor air pollution, methane combustion, natural gas

Post navigation

← Older posts

Our Favorite Economist Tony Lima

Sign up for GonzoEcon

* = required field

Economist Thoughts

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his customers. — Ambrose Bierce

“Everybody knows that once something is declared a right, the laws of supply and demand are automatically repealed.” – Ben Shapiro, podcast, September 4, 2018

Last Tweets

    Websites I Like and Use

    • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
    • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    • Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    • Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
    • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    • Political Calculations
    • California Pension Tracker
    • Dan Mitchell's Analysis of Tax Issues

    My Other Blogs

    • My musings about technology and strategy
    • California Wine Fan
    • Virginia Wine Fan
    • Oregon Wine Fan

    GonzoEcon History

    Recent Posts

    • A Primer on Demand Elasticity
    • Sarah Fields Takes Down a School
    • A Geometry Puzzle For Your Weekend
    • Inflation For Dummies Part 2
    • Blast From the Past

    Recent Comments

    • Tony Lima on California’s Free Lunch Mandate Bites the Budget
    • Paul J Sullivan on California’s Free Lunch Mandate Bites the Budget
    • Tony Lima on Banning Gas Kitchen Stoves
    • Jeff Olson on Banning Gas Kitchen Stoves
    • Tony Lima on Everybody Talks About the Weather

    RSS RSS

    • A Primer on Demand Elasticity September 19, 2023
      “How does quantity demanded change in response to a price change?” We use price elasticity of demand. This is a primer on demand elasticity. Continue Reading →
      Tony Lima
    • Sarah Fields Takes Down a School August 29, 2023
      In the pdf below, Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) takes down the Foster Pre-K 8 school in the Jefferson County (Colorado) District. The schools had a few teachers sneaking woke, sexually explicit Continue Reading →
      Tony Lima
    • A Geometry Puzzle For Your Weekend August 17, 2023
      Here's a geometry puzzle for your weekend. The original post was on Twitter from Catriona Agg (@Cshearer41). Continue Reading →
      Tony Lima
    • Inflation For Dummies Part 2 August 14, 2023
      A while back, I wrote Inflation For Dummies.  Apparently that was too complicated.  Here's a simplified version: inflation for dummies part 2. Continue Reading →
      Tony Lima
    Copyright © 2023 GonzoEcon. All Rights Reserved.
    Theme: Catch Flames Pro
    • Home
    • About
      • Dr. Lima’s Resumé
    • Product Reviews
    • Expand the House (Budget)
    • Learning
      • Learning Econometrics
      • Learning Economics With Video
      • Learning Math
      • Learning Portfolio Theory
    • Licensing and Copyright Notices
    • Privacy Policy
    Scroll Up