Pat C

Are We Heading Toward a Market Crash by Jobless Recovery?

Good article, I agree that it is no longer a lagging indicator. I believe the best fix is to invest in labor intensive capital improvements that encourage innovation. Energy is the only thing big enough. Financing should be done thru small banks or less desirably thru new government funding source not the too big to fails.

First Stocks, Then the Economy...Is Job Growth Next?

Good article and discussion. I hope it is a lagging indicator and not a permanent change. We will see.

Printing Our Way to a Jobs Recovery?

Excellent Statement: "That is, unless we're in the middle of a long deferred, fundamental change for the U.S. economy in which the credit expansion seen at all levels over the last few decades - government, corporate, and personal - can no longer produce growth."

We need targeted INVESTMENT not lending.

Another Week of Explosive Emergency Unemployment Compensation Growth

Thanks TraderMark, I read this yesterday and couldn't believe it I was commenting all over the place. We have a serious structural problem. We need folks like you with a wide reach to keep it out there.

Reich: Don't Expect Lost U.S. Jobs to Return

OK lets now all take our heads out of the sand and do the tough work.

The question to be answered is:

How does a society operate when, wages, your primary source of national revenue for consumption and taxes, has been permanently reduced and you have no real national competitive advantage?

Liquidity Pumps Still Set to 'Full Power'

Outstanding article! I agree completely, it makes no sense, all were doing is throwing more money at questionable financial instruments. I see nothing real coming out of this.

State Budgets Spiraling out of Control

Good article, the states are a huge risk to our economic recovery since they can't print money. Other than low population agricultural/energy states - they are all in trouble.

Employment Outlook Isn't as Bright as Slate's Daniel Gross Thinks

I am an unemployed professional and let me give you an analogy of what I am experiencing at the street level.
It is like your standing at a crowded train station with all the other unemployed. The train is slowly moving into the station with all the employed folks inside. The employed are playing musical chairs in each of the train cars to see who is the next unemployed. When the train pulls into the station the doors slide open quickly and the new unemployed get off. The doors close quickly but one of of the unemployed at the station finds a way to squeeze thru one of the doors.

Friday's Jobs Report: Unemployment Bumps 10%?

I sincerely hope the recent elections are more about voters not voting for incumbents than some ideological baloney promoted by these national political parties. I have thought about it quite a bit and the only way we can hope to get intelligent rational decisions from our representatives is to simply not vote for ANY incumbent regardless of their political party and be sure that MSM and others know why.

The Mother of All Asset Price Bubbles

Very well written, I have read several articles on the impact of the zero (negative) interest rates, QE and carry trade. This is th most understandable so far. Author should consider publishing it mainstream. I'm still confused on how the Fed is going to get rid of the trillion or so $$'s of questionable investments (they say rock solid investments??) on their books to rein in liquidity. Wouldn't they be intentionally reducing the value of the $$ of questionable investments on their books? Or has the Fed. (WE!!) become the "bad bank"?

Unresolved Financial Troubles: Three More Warning Shots

How about just limiting mortgage deduction to a percentage of AGI for the sheeple (say 20%) and entirely for the well to do or quicker phase out of itemized deductions.

America Uncoupled: Wall Street and Main Street at a Fork in the Road

Wow this is great stuff - User 353732 you are too much! Plantation owners and prison guards.....

Don't Lose Sight of the Big Picture

I don't know Mr. Bove from Adam. But, if a major Bank's earnings (and possibly the stock market as a whole) is being moved by something as fuzzy as mortgage servicing rights, we need to step back and ask some hard questions.

Beige Book Details Cause Stock Market Reversals

The author said: "Also notable was that there were no comments about the stimulus creating or saving jobs. Shovels remain ready, but projects are not being funded."

I think we are going to find out that the stimulus has saved State Government jobs and helped the States with dire financial problems but nothing on actually creating jobs.

A Few Trends Accelerated by the Recession

Bluesky123 now your thinking. This is the dialogue our representatives should be having..........