Business Cycle & Economics Blog of Caleb Lawrence
Stocks rose sharply in early trade despite disappointing economic data. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that fillings jumped 27.9% from a year ago to 135,913 bankruptcies in October. From the previous month bankruptcies increased 8.9% putting the year to date total at 1.18 million, estimates are that the 2009 will see 1.4 million filings. The [...]
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.
