The Very Best People at the Fed
Click the chimp! (Jerome Powell is chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.) Only the very best people at the Fed! Continue Reading →
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Volcanos, Weather, and the Economy
I think volcanos gave California rain and cold weather. But — as Dr. McCoy would say — “Dammit, Jim, I’m an economist not a meteorologist.” Continue Reading →
California’s Free Lunch Mandate Bites the Budget
Breakfast can be a family event but the (literal) nanny state extends its reach. Governments act like drug dealers giving out free samples. Continue Reading →
Silicon Valley Bank’s Place in Bailout History
What is Silicon Valley Bank’s place in bailout history? Using real assets, SVB is the fourth largest in U.S. history. Continue Reading →
Silicon Valley Bank March 17 Update
First, Silicon Valley Bank was a Federal Reserve member bank. Second, almost no one came back to the actual offices. Continue Reading →
Iowahawk on Student Loan Default Rates
Dave Burge looked at student loan default rates by Football Bowl Subdivision colleges. Stanford is number 1 with a 0.5% default rate. Continue Reading →
Census Bureau Backs Down
Economics Twitter erupted. Ben Casselman, Jason Furman, and Alex Mas led the criticism. And today the Census Bureau backed down. Continue Reading →
The Kavanaugh Stakes
“The Kavanaugh Stakes.” From the September 28 Wall Street Journal. For your personal use only. Please do not distribute. At 2:30 pm left coast time I removed the link to Continue Reading →
About That Sanitation Worker Earning $285,000 a Year From a Pension
[pullquote]A former sanitation department honcho is pulling in an astonishing $285,047 a year pension – more than twice what he was making on the job according to newly released data.[/pullquote] Continue Reading →
Construction at the Palo Alto JCC
Both of my regular readers will know that, at heart, I’m an engineer. I spend my afternoons walking to nowhere on a treadmill at the Palo Alto JCC. And the Continue Reading →