Plenty of people have mentioned this wonderful map from The Economist. I know the US state map is going to look a bit different on November 4, but the way things are trending, it might not be that different.
Maybe my recollection is poor, but I don't think the word "China" even came up in either the first presidential debate (on foreign affairs) or tonight's vice-presidential debate. I agree that Pakistan is a crucial issue, and the Middle East
From Andrew Leonard:On Jan. 20, 1993, the day Bill Clinton was inaugurated, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 3,241, the national debt was 4 trillion, and the unemployment rate was 7.3 percent. After eight years of Clintonomics, on Jan.
was that it was so unsurprising. I thought Biden was very, very good and Palin, although a bit scripted, did well given her shocking interviews of the last few weeks. It was pretty boring, in fact.Update Of course Palin lied
Tyler Cowen on why he thinks the Chinese will maintain their dollar holdings:Bush, Bernanke, Paulson — we call them leaders. The Chinese think of them as the customer service department. I suspect the Chinese get straighter answers from them than
I did a so-called ego search on Google 2001 for davos. My blog at number 3 and the World Economic Forum itself at number 4. Early evidence, if any were needed, of the potential power of blogs.But institutions (and web
No, not a comment on what our worrying economic times demand. It's a welcome back to my friend Adrian Murdoch's blog on things classical, Bread and Circuses. For reasons I never understood, when Adrian decided to stop blogging, he also
The bad banks continue to be bought up, there is no run on hedge funds next Tuesday, only mid-sized European banks fail, money market funds keep on buying commercial paper, and the Fed and Treasury continue to operate on a
Larry Summers:A family that goes on a $500,000 vacation is $500,000 poorer but a family that buys a $500,000 home is only poorer if it overpays.Now, the so-called bailout package has just failed in the House, which is an astounding
From Saturday's New York Times:The pirates are highly organized. They work in teams. There is even a pirate spokesman (who could not be reached for comment on Friday).
The Financial Times is, to my mind, still the best English-language newspaper in the world. But something has been seriously awry in its coverage of US politics for some time.Consider this front page headline from today: Obama targets greed of
As I wrote yesterday, I'm mystified why more American word aficianados don't fall in love with British-style cryptic crosswords. It may be a lack of familiarity. On a somewhat irregular schedule The New York Times does a "cryptic" as its
OK. There have been other developments in the news, and the original statement was always absurd. But my go-to blog on the Caucasus, A Fistful of Euros, has some sobering analysis of the future course of the region:Russia has no
About the election, I mean. For the last couple of weeks I have thought of setting up as an election grief counselor, as I have been assailed on all sides by people wanted me to assure them that Obama was
Brad DeLong:Put it this way: we have just finished the first American business cycle ever, the first since British settlers landed at Jamestown and promptly began dying of malaria, the first ever in which median household incomes did not grow
Why does the best interview with McCain that I've seen come from a newscaster in Portland, Maine? All those national broadcast "stars" should watch and learn. Bring this guy to the big leagues.
Some of my go-to blogs on foreign policy are aghast that Sarah Palin clearly has no idea what the Bush Doctrine is. See, for example, Ilan Goldenberg:Clearly Palin did not have the foggiest idea what Gibson meant. This is absolutely
The brilliant Run of Play:West Ham are about to make Zola their new manager, at least if the rumor can be believed. At first, I thought Balzac would be a better fit for the post, but then it occurred to
