Comments on: THOUGHTS ON THIS MORNING’S DATA http://pragcap.com/thoughts-on-this-mornings-data-13 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Canada Guy http://pragcap.com/thoughts-on-this-mornings-data-13#comment-9344 Canada Guy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:28:21 +0000 http://pragcap.com/?p=13265#comment-9344 We are nearing the end of economic growth. We are depleting our renewable and non-renewable resources faster than ever, while at the same time destroying our environment, and our economic base. In other words, we're burning through our principal, not living off the interest. <a href="http://www.watchinghistory.com/2009/11/end-of-economic-growth.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.watchinghistory.com/2009/11/end-of-economic-growth.html</a> We are nearing the end of economic growth. We are depleting our renewable and non-renewable resources faster than ever, while at the same time destroying our environment, and our economic base. In other words, we’re burning through our principal, not living off the interest.

http://www.watchinghistory.com/2009/11/end-of-economic-growth.html

]]> By: Grant http://pragcap.com/thoughts-on-this-mornings-data-13#comment-9312 Grant Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:13 +0000 http://pragcap.com/?p=13265#comment-9312 TPC, Most holiday sales forecasts are predicting flat to negative Y/Y numbers. In October and November, ICSC and Redbook have seen pretty strong numbers with Y/Y comparisons positive by at least a percent. Will the forecasters be proven wrong or are there seasonal reasons for the recent sales strength (discounts pulling forward holiday sales? Did consumers forgo traditional back to school shopping until it was absolutely necessary?) TPC,

Most holiday sales forecasts are predicting flat to negative Y/Y numbers. In October and November, ICSC and Redbook have seen pretty strong numbers with Y/Y comparisons positive by at least a percent. Will the forecasters be proven wrong or are there seasonal reasons for the recent sales strength (discounts pulling forward holiday sales? Did consumers forgo traditional back to school shopping until it was absolutely necessary?)

]]> By: dan http://pragcap.com/thoughts-on-this-mornings-data-13#comment-9308 dan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:17 +0000 http://pragcap.com/?p=13265#comment-9308 Goldman's secret moral pathology 15 symptoms of a Wall Street disease destroying democracy and capitalism The "Goldman Conspiracy" is the perfect B-school case study of Wall Street's secret contagious pathology, with insiders like Lloyd Blankfein, Henry Paulson and others pocketing billions more of the firm's profits than shareholders, evidence the new "mutant capitalism" has replaced Adam Smith's 1776 version which historically endowed the soul of American democracy as well as our capitalistic system. http://tinyurl.com/ykhqqld Goldman’s secret moral pathology
15 symptoms of a Wall Street disease destroying democracy and capitalism

The “Goldman Conspiracy” is the perfect B-school case study of Wall Street’s secret contagious pathology, with insiders like Lloyd Blankfein, Henry Paulson and others pocketing billions more of the firm’s profits than shareholders, evidence the new “mutant capitalism” has replaced Adam Smith’s 1776 version which historically endowed the soul of American democracy as well as our capitalistic system.

http://tinyurl.com/ykhqqld

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