http://paulbissett.com comments by Paul Bissett on business, economics, energy, optimism, and survival Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paulbissett.com/2010/04/09/the-us-good-the-unemployment-bad-and-the-vat-ugly/#comment-15 Jason Karbelk Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:42:26 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=130#comment-15 Great analysis and comparisons. Fires naturally occur so does events in all economies. We can either let it burn till it dies or fight fire with fire. Paradox the gov is in debt but spends to get out of debt. "There are two types of people, people with guns and people that dig" Thats a great summary of economies and workforce. Great posting! Great analysis and comparisons. Fires naturally occur so does events in all economies. We can either let it burn till it dies or fight fire with fire. Paradox the gov is in debt but spends to get out of debt. “There are two types of people, people with guns and people that dig” Thats a great summary of economies and workforce. Great posting!

]]> http://paulbissett.com/2009/03/01/a-european-america/#comment-14 The US Good, the Unemployment Bad, and the VAT Ugly « paulbissett.com Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:00:40 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=42#comment-14 [...] In the middle of the worst economic situation in nearly a century, we are building the economic policies that replicate the social welfare state of old Western Europe.  These policies have led to perpetual under-employment (particularly of youth and immigrants), low economic growth rates, and stratification of the economic classes (i.e. limited upward mobility amongst the economic classes).  Is this the future model of the US economic system?  I hope not. [...] [...] In the middle of the worst economic situation in nearly a century, we are building the economic policies that replicate the social welfare state of old Western Europe.  These policies have led to perpetual under-employment (particularly of youth and immigrants), low economic growth rates, and stratification of the economic classes (i.e. limited upward mobility amongst the economic classes).  Is this the future model of the US economic system?  I hope not. [...]

]]> http://paulbissett.com/2009/04/13/bernankes-bet/#comment-9 Why is $13 Trillion not enough? « paulbissett.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:53 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=68#comment-9 [...] approach to stimulate the economy is through the monetary operations of he Federal Reserve. As this previous post suggests, the Federal Reserve has made a huge bet on monetary stimulus, to the tune of $13 [...] [...] approach to stimulate the economy is through the monetary operations of he Federal Reserve. As this previous post suggests, the Federal Reserve has made a huge bet on monetary stimulus, to the tune of $13 [...]

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