Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’

• Collapse is a Process
  Gregor Macdonald, July 28th, 2010 at 11:58 pm, Comments: 0

  The news out of California this evening, that the Governor has declared a state of fiscal emergency, is a reminder that the collapse process which began 3 years ago still has a way to run. Accordingly, my work on California continues. I updated much of my analysis of food stamp usage, sensitivity to energy prices, [...]

• Podcast Picks: Friday 19 March 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, March 19th, 2010 at 7:10 pm, Comments: 0

  The Other Internet: Weiliang Nie reports on China’s control of the internet, BBC World Service Documentary.
  Interview with Bearing Asset Managment’s Bill Lagner: by Eric King, King World News.
  Money, Markets and Community Support Officers: global macro with Michael Hampton, Frisby’s Bulls and Bears Podcast.
  Economics Perspectives: discussion of Inflation with Dr. Peter Warburton, Financial Sense Newshour.
  Parking Militants [...]

• Podcast Picks: Friday 22 January 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, January 22nd, 2010 at 5:15 pm, Comments: 0

  Life After Layoffs: roundtable on self-reinvention after job loss, WBUR OnPoint Radio.
  Massachusetts Revolt and Obama’s Agenda: roundtable on Tuesday’s Senate result, WBUR On Point Radio.
  Long Shot: stories of people betting on something with very bad odds, mostly because they have no other choice, This American Life Radio.

  America in Decline: interview with Flynn and Fallows, WAMU [...]

• Gregor Weekly Macro Note: Saturday 31 October 2009
  Gregor Macdonald, October 31st, 2009 at 7:56 pm, Comments: 0

  One wonders that 80.00 dollar oil was indeed the breaking point, to a US economy struggling with collapse, depression, and 17% unemployment. There appears to have been a confluence of events and indicators in October that suggest reflationary policy finally kicked energy prices high enough, to then trigger the next bout of deflation. The question [...]