Tag Archives: finance

Rana Foroohar’s “Makers and Takers”

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is a terrific journalistic account of how our economy and our financial life have come to their current awful states. (Full disclosure: I knew the author a wee bit back in my magazine days, and I liked and respected her.) Foroohar’s book … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Politics and Economics | Tagged books, finance, politics, Rana Foroohar | 5 Comments

Books Journal: “Too Big to Fail”

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: With “Too Big to Fail,” New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin was obviously inspired by “Barbarians at the Gates,” Burroughs and Helyar’s tale of 1980s financial misbehavior, as well as (perhaps) by the Washington D.C.-based novels of David … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged andrew ross sorkin, books, business, finance, thrillers | 1 Comment

Should Bankers Be Trusted to Create Money?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: UK-specific but a nice intro to the Monetary Reform point of view on our current financial travails. Related I wrote some postings — here, here and here — about my own attempts to make sense of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged Anthony Migchels, economics, finance, monetary reform, Positive Money | Leave a comment

Linkage

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Head-line Du Jour. One of the better ways to deal with our out-of-control lords and masters is to ridicule and tease them, IMHO. Alex Beam shows how. Renegade publisher Chip Smith delivers a great q&a with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Linkathons, Politics and Economics, Sex, Women men and fashion | Tagged Alex Beam, Chip Smith, finance, Gen Y, HBDChick, heartiste, Obama, race, secession | 38 Comments

Financial Ramblings

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The alternative-currencies meme has acquired a lot of momentum recently. Here’s Max Keiser on Bitcoin and more: Some other fun and alarming finance-insanity links: In Cyprus: “The [Bank of Cyprus] will be owned largely by individuals and … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons, Politics and Economics | Tagged alternative currencies, bitcoin, economics, Ellen Brown, finance, max keiser | 6 Comments

Linkage

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: An excellent intro by architect Christine Franck to a great American artform: the Shingle Style. Why should taxpayers be subsidizing our biggest banks? Meet Roberta Pedon, unbelievably busty hippie-chick pinup star of the ’70s. What’s become of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Food and health, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged banking, economics, finance, food, Pin-Ups, raw milk, roberta pedon | 11 Comments

Simon Dixon on Banking

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I don’t know about Simon Dixon’s proposed solutions to our banking problems, but his analyses and descriptions of how things work and what’s wrong with them strike me as awfully helpful. Related, related, related.

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged banking, finance, politics, Simon Dixon | Leave a comment

The Collapse, Part Three

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Three of a three-part series. Part One of this series is here. Part Two is here. As helpful as those resources are, though, I confess that temperamentally I’m not of the “We can make … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics | Tagged Ellen Brown, finance, monetary reform, Paul Grignon, Positive Money, Steve Keen, Steven Zarlenga, Thomas Greco, Wir Bank | 14 Comments

The Collapse, Part Two

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Two of a three-part series. Part One is here. Another distinction that I’ve found useful is between people who think the current system can be responsibly and successfully managed and people who think that our … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics | Tagged Charles Ferguson, economics, finance, Inside Job, James Kwak, Michael Hudson, MMT, politics, Simon Johnson, William Black, Yves Smith | 13 Comments

The Collapse, Part One

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part One of a three-part series. Since my recent retirement, the main way I’ve been busying myself intellectually has been in trying to make sense of the financial collapse of 2008. “What on earth just … Continue reading →