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The economic stimulus program was off target in simple ways, Harvard’s Feldstein writes

January 20, 2010

Martin Feldstein, the Harvard economist, today in the Wall Street Journal offers an attractively succinct and common-sense assessment of the effect of Obama administration programs on the economy.
A stimulus was needed, Feldstein writes. The problems was that it had the wrong emphasis.
The result was an unnecessarily large increase in the national debt for a [...]

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The change in consumer consumption reflects a long-term shift in U.S. demographics related to aging

January 18, 2010

Here’s an underlying issue for a consumer-driven economy: a change in demographics will reduce the volume of consumer spending.
From Nielsen’s research blog:
CPG Spending Declines
As population growth slows in the U.S., so will spending on consumer products. Household size will decline across the board, the largest families will be smaller and a large share of [...]

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The new consumer in 2 charts: De-lever, Consume Less, Rebuild

December 21, 2009

Here’s two clear charts that capture the work the American consumer is doing, with some aggressive prodding from a financial services industry that is clamping down on credit every way it can.
The first chart shows trends in Consumption and Real Household Net Worth from the mid-1960′s to today. Recessions are indicated by the grey [...]

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The top 10 posts on ViralHousingFix in 2009

December 17, 2009

As the year winds down, I was curious which posts over the course of the year were the most popular. I was pleased to see that the posts that had resonated the most with all of you were ones that I felt like I’d achieved some clarity around an idea that I’d been working [...]

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The combined Comcast/NBC-U: Lean left to read

December 3, 2009
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A paean to optimism for Thanksgiving

November 29, 2009

As regular readers know, I’m a fan of John Mauldin’s weekly letter on economic trends and projections. Mauldin writes clearly and approaches issues with a quiet dose of common sense.
This week, when I opened the letter, I was captivated. There was something different about the tone, something very personal and passionate. He [...]

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Applying Game Theory to the Media Business Model

November 9, 2009

The question of whether the media business is driven by content or distribution has been a fundamental issue in media business strategy over the past two decades.
In the past, acquiring the capital in order to create the means of distribution gave companies that wherewithal to subsidize content and aggregate audience.
In the 1980′s, with the development [...]

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