Blogentary

Running On A Hamster Wheel

If you want to gain a better idea of why economics is sometimes referred to as the dismal science, then reference the 50 statistics about the U.S. economy highlighted on the Coalition of the Obvious (COTO) Report’s blog. The blog…

Buffett And Einhorn Downgrade Moody’s, Scene II

As Econgirl and many economists stress, correlation does not imply causation.  Sure, our Dear and Loyal Readers might interpret our pontifications as harbingers of things to come and dutifully investigate further. Regardless, just because in March we highlighted more troubling…

SEC Assures Tax Payers It Is Hard At Work

In the past few years, investors and tax payers have been victims of securities fraud from WorldCom and Enron, to Bernie Madoff and the shenanigans of Allied Capital.  Nevertheless, citizens continue to pay taxes to fund government regulators such as…