2008 Articles Archives

Article-01 The Economic Forecast for 2008.

Article-02 Recession Prospects - There are various factors in the economy that will affect the potential for a recession in 2008 in the U.S. economy.

Article-03 Economic Policy Directives - There is no simple change in policy that will help us avoid a recession. Multiple course corrections are needed.

Article-04 Income Squeeze - The exporting of our manufacturing sector to Asia and other factors are leading to a two class society of the wealthy and the non-wealthy.

Article-05 The Other AIDs - This issue will address some of the economic issues related to the mismanagement of the U.S. economy and how Americans are contributing to their own economic demise.

Article-06 Economic Stimulus Package - The President's economic stimulus package will attempt to jolt the economy, but it will take 4 to 6 months to be felt.

Article-07 State and Local Government Economics - There is a gross mismanagement of government finances on the State and Local Government levels. There will be difficulty in meeting the needs of their constituents.

Article-08 Economic Inequality - Over 1/3 of those in inner city Detroit live below the poverty line. Their prospects are slim or none. Trickle-down economics is not working.

Article-09 Nervous Financial Markets - Jitters in the financial markets are spreading to the bond and insurance markets. Auction Rate Securities and the mortgage insurance markets are chaotic.

Article-10 Recession Economics - Unusual behavior of the credit markets makes it difficult for the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy with reduced interest rates. Effects of the negative credit market have reached the bond markets, insurance companies, mutual funds and hedge funds.

Article-11 India's Rising Economy - Indian economy is undergoing an enormous growth. Their people are rapidly becoming educated, which puts them in a unique position to exercise their economic power as part of the Asian and Arab partnership vying for control of the world economy.

Article-12 Microeconomic Fantasies - Americans were led to economic decline by being told that "Free Trade" would lead to prosperity. This Trickle-down Theory of Economics has been repudiated and the American people are beginning to understand that something is seriously wrong with the U.S. economy.

Article-13 First Quarter Economic Review - Current economic trends of the first quarter of this year and where the economy appears to be headed.

Article-14 Consumer Led Recession - Most Americans don’t want to assume any responsibility for the decline of the economy, but instead, they like to blame mortgage companies, the Federal Government and other convenient scapegoats.

Article-15 Predictably Irrational Americans-I - Most of us realize that we are sometimes irrational, but new studies reveal that our irrationality follows predictable paths that seem to be hardwired in our brains. It affects all types of decisions we make.

Article-16 Sovereign Wealth Fund Economic Powers - Foreign government controlled Sovereign Wealth Funds hold several trillion American dollars. The center for world economic power is rapidly shifting from the United States and Europe to the Asian and Arab countries.

Article-17 Federal Budget Lies and Leaches - The government’s reporting of actual spending and the operations of the government is leading you astray and you are making bad decisions based on the incomplete reporting.

Article-18 Inflation - Since manufacturing is vanishing in this country, Americans have given up control over pricing and inflation to the foreign corporations and governments that produce manufactured goods.

Article-19 The Vanishing Middle Class - 1 - American consumers are importing their way into poverty at the rate of $1.5 Billion per day. Statistics are definitely showing that the Middle Class is beginning to disappear in this country.

Article-20 America - Exchange Rate Loser - Exchange rates reflect the weakness of the U.S. economy and the huge trade deficit. One cannot expect the currency to remain stable in light of a $740 Billion dollar trade deficit in 2007.

Article-21 The Vanishing Middle Class-II - Millions of Americans have stagnant incomes and are unaware of the correlation between their stagnant incomes and all the goods being imported from Asia. The high paying manufacturing jobs are going to Asia and people are left with lower paying service jobs.

Article-22 Suicidal Political Economy - Political Economy has been around for hundreds of years and it addresses the linkage of the economy to the political structure of a country. Ours is currently on a suicidal path.

Article-23 Predictably Irrational Americans - II - Professor Ariely wrote a book on the financial folly that is practiced daily by consumers. His book is a recent work in the academic field of behavioral economics. We discuss his work as it relates to Macroeconomics.

Article-24 Oil Price Prisoners - There is no Energy Policy in this country and there never has been one. Wealthy special interest groups operate by imposing their will on society to control and manipulate the energy markets.

Article-25 Declining Dollar Woes - One of the effects of the declining dollar is that other countries will focus more on their domestic demand and less on exports to the United States because their exports to this country will become too costly.

Article-26 Second Quarter Economic Review - Current economic trends of the second quarter of this year and where the economy appears to be headed.

Article-27 Dying U.S. Auto Companies - The U.S. auto industry failed to deal with their excessive cost and quality problems.

Article-28 More Energy Misery - The government has not developed a "National Energy Policy". This article addresses some of the economic issues related to the wild pricing of energy and what the consumers can expect in the near future.

Article-29 Consumer-Driven Recession - It is in vogue to blame the Federal Government, the Federal Reserve and other institutions for the current Recession but this one is American consumer driven.

Article-30 America's New Owners - The economic impact of high oil prices and imported cars is driving up unemployment and is bringing America's new owners to this country.

Article-31 Why America Needs Grass Roots Change - The Stock Market and other indicators forecast a serious long-term economic down-turn in this country. Congress is part of the problem and not part of a solution. It is time for a grass roots movement.

Article-32 Rising Income and Wealth Inequality - Thirty years ago the top 1% income earners owned 20% of the total wealth, stocks and bonds, versus the 40% they own today. Why do so few people earn such a huge portion of the total income in this country?

Article-33 Consumers Fantasy World - Most Americans think they had nothing to do with the decline of the U.S. economy. This the major cause of our economic decline.

Article-34 Predictably Irrational Americans-III - In this issue we will continue to explore the new book by Professor Dan Ariely, and address some of the economic issues related to the Irrational American consumers and how their irrational behavior has become predictable.

Article-35 America's Latest Recession Forecast - Recent studies are starting to show that even if you remove housing from analysis, the rest of the economy would have still experienced a zero growth rate.

Article-36 Monetizing The Federal Debt - Monetizing the Debt is a solution to the Federal Government's massive debt problem and is used by many banana republics.

Article-37 Big 3 Bailout - The legislation for the Federal Government's proposed bailout of the Big 3 domestic automakers should come from the new Congress which will be seated next year. That would eliminate pandering for votes.

Article-38 Foreign Economic Control - Foreigners will own control of the U.S. in a few years if the current trends continue. Data shows the continuing emergence of foreign ownership in this country and their newly found economic power.

Article-39 Third Quarter Economic Review - The Third quarter took us on a wild ride. There have been many changes in the economy. We also take a look at the short term forecast for the economy.

Article-40 Bloody Wall Street - There are lessons that can be learned from the latest financial crisis that created the current bloodshed on Wall Street.

Article-41 Federal Bailout - The majority of the public was opposed to the bailout bill that was approved by Congress and the President. However many Americans contributed to the problem because of their own greed.

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Article-42 TARP Rescues Banks - The Troubled Asset Relief Program that was created by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was recently passed by Congress and will strengthen the financial system and bring confidence back to banks, businesses and consumers.

Article-43 Six Horsemen of the Financial Apocalypse - There is plenty of blame to share for the $1 trillion monetary crisis. The financial players lost faith in the system, the investment banks disappeared and the daily lending systems froze up.

Article-44 Let Detroit Fail - Bad management teams and a Bad Union have destroyed the auto companies. The concept that the union is a countervailing force to management has proven to be a false economic theory.

Article-45 American Debt Tsunami - The massive expansion of debt in the past 25 years was used by the government to offset the exporting of manufacturing jobs to Asia. They created two bubbles, stock market and housing, which temporarily led to jobs and economic expansion.

Article-46 Economic Brainwashing - The middle class is being manipulated by ideologues in the media and politicians who mislead them. The public is being economically brainwashed because they really do not understand our macroeconomic problems.

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