Business Cycle & Economics Blog of Caleb Lawrence
Stocks struggled in early trade on disappointing news. The latest on again, off again, Treasury financed impaired asset purchase program is back on with the Fed committing to 600 billion and another 200 billion to the TALF or Term Auction Lending Facility. Flip flopping like this does not inspire confidence, something that is desperately needed [...]
Hi and welcome to The Profit Motive, I’m your host Caleb Lawrence. Once upon a time in America the media acted as the watchdog of the corporations and the state. In the modern era it’s all about ratings and profits, opinion has been substituted for news and frequently is presented as fact. Much like my daily radio show on KPIG 107.5 FM in Santa Cruz California and KPYG FM 94.9 Cayucos/San Luis Obispo California. A thousand Blogs were able to spot the current problems and many began discussing it years before it reached crises proportions. While there were exceptions, and these exceptions are becoming more common, the mainstream media failed to get it and largely continue to do so.
