Author Archive: kbanaian

In which Robert Reich and Tim Geithner red-line my BS meter

Aug 3, 2010 | | 9 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Underneath the GDP report

Jul 30, 2010 | | No Comments » | 1 Trackbacks | Economics

Hey, get your face out of my fist!

Jul 6, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Diplomacy

Two economists in one!

Jul 5, 2010 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Snowflakes upon snowflakes

May 10, 2010 | | 4 Comments » | 1 Trackbacks | Economics

Hey, it’s NOT a free country?

Apr 26, 2010 | | 5 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Stimulus2 passes the Senate

Mar 17, 2010 | | 5 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Congress

More context for snow and unemployment

Mar 5, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 3 Trackbacks | Economics

Put Fannie and Freddie on the Budget

Feb 23, 2010 | | 4 Comments » | 3 Trackbacks | Economics

That trick never works

Feb 22, 2010 | | 3 Comments » | 3 Trackbacks | Economics

Encouraging profligacy

Feb 18, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 2 Trackbacks

What we don’t know

Feb 17, 2010 | | 3 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Similar to 1981?

Feb 15, 2010 | | 3 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

What do we mean by sustainable debt?

Feb 15, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 1 Trackbacks | Economics

Bye-bye Fed funds rate

Feb 11, 2010 | | 5 Comments » | 2 Trackbacks | Economics

Eurohandcuffs

Feb 11, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 3 Trackbacks | Economics

“Stop stimulating us!”

Feb 10, 2010 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Lipstick on industrial policy

Feb 9, 2010 | | 1 Comment » | 1 Trackbacks

A recovery borne on gossamer wings

Feb 3, 2010 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Bernanke a victim of Brownmania?

Jan 22, 2010 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

A great decade: Microwaves, VCRs and PCs, oh my!

Jan 1, 2010 | | 7 Comments » | 3 Trackbacks | Economics

More on income and wealth

Dec 30, 2009 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

I’m shocked, shocked that there’s vote-trading going on in Casablanca

Dec 23, 2009 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Congress

A little too much PR?

Dec 9, 2009 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Congress

There’s ALWAYS rationing

Dec 7, 2009 | | 5 Comments » | 1 Trackbacks

Stasis and the jobs report

Dec 4, 2009 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Kimfiscatory monetary reform

Dec 2, 2009 | | No Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Not economist, just wrong

Nov 27, 2009 | | 1 Comment » | 1 Trackbacks | Economics

Because it worked so well last time

Nov 27, 2009 | | 5 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Waste, fraud and abuse

Nov 18, 2009 | | 2 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Healthcare

You can always call him stupid ex post

Nov 16, 2009 | | 6 Comments » | 1 Trackbacks | Fun

You’re missing the point

Nov 12, 2009 | | 6 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Enough to make me want to move to Canada

Nov 9, 2009 | | 4 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

How much cost-cutting

Nov 5, 2009 | | No Comments » | 1 Trackbacks | Economics

My Ally, the government

Oct 28, 2009 | | No Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Can FDIC solve “too big to fail” for nonbanks?

Oct 27, 2009 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics

Whose costs are these?

Oct 22, 2009 | | 5 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Why health care reform takes a thousand pages

Oct 14, 2009 | | 3 Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

The rest of that “jobs saved by stimulus” story

Oct 13, 2009 | | No Comments » | 0 Trackbacks

Government privilege

Oct 6, 2009 | | 1 Comment » | 0 Trackbacks | Economics