Economics

Euro Cup Game Vs. Euro Zone Crisis

When Germany faces Greece in a soccer game at the Euro Cup, as they did Friday, there's more going on than just a game. The...

Green Grabbing aka Eco-Colonialism Explained

One of the themes of the UN's Rio +20 conference this week was developing the green economy and reducing poverty. But some think that the...

Comment: The Reaganomics of Reagan's Blood

This week a vial containing Ronald Reagan's blood was donated to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.  Initially, it was to have been sold through a...

Coming up on Day 6: The Evolution of Occupy

This weekend on Day 6, Brent speaks with Caitlin Kline, a former credit derivatives trader now working with the Occupy Wall Street off-shoot, Occupy The SEC. Along...

No More Money, Money, Money?

The Royal Canadian Mint is considering a cashless Canadian future. They've experimenting with something they call MintChip, a digital-only form of currency that might be the future...

From BitCoin to MintChip (Repost)

The Royal Canadian Mint announced last week it intends to introduce a new, digital-only form of currency for Canadians.  It's called MintChip and it could...

Yves Smith On The Mortgage Settlement Deal

This week five of America's biggest banks agreed to $26 billion settlement package to help homeowners who have been foreclosed or are drowing in mortgage...

Facebook Shares, Should I Buy It?

Thinking about buying some Facebook stock when shares start trading? Sure, it sounds like a good bet, given the growth and world-wide popularity of Facebook...but is...

Eurocrash! The Musical!

Picture a Brothers Grimm-type fable that tells the tale of the European economic crisis. Now set it to music. That will give you some idea of Eurocrash! the...

Merkozy, A Love Story For Our Time

(image: German mag Bild made this photomorph of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chanceller Angela Merkel)Merkozy - the delightful portmanteau for European Union power...

Episode 54 - The Big 6 Returns

The Big 6: Flameout Egypt's Disappointment CFL Scuffle Cell Phone Spying Rethink: Collaborative Capitalism Cirque's Elvis Spiked Occupy Christmas...

Rethink Economics - Collaborative Capitalism

In Part 3 of our Rethink Economics series, Yochai Benkler argues that collaboration is the key to innovation and enterprise.  Benkler teaches law and co-directs...

Episode 53 - Tahrir's Beat

  Arab Spring Soundtrack Syrian Psy-ops The Real Swedish Chef Rethink: System D Crosby's Therapy Sad Mall Santas Truth Goggles...

PJ O'Rourke "Holidays In Heck" Giveaway

The legendary conservative humourist and reporter  PJ O'Rourke writes about his experiences in China - and around the world -  in his new collection of...

Rethink: Maonomics

In the first of our 3-part Rethink series on economics. Loretta Napoleoni argues that Chinese communists make better capitalists than we do. In her book,...

One more time... Is the Euro Dead?

A few weeks ago in our Deep Sixed series, we asked: "Is The Euro on it's way out?" and 54% of you said yes. In...