Business Cycle & Economics Blog of Caleb Lawrence
Stocks managed modest gains into the final hour. The Fed’s Unified Budget Deficit for December was 92 billion and for the first 3-months of fiscal 2010 is 17% higher than last year. Expectations are that the deficit will decrease overall this year compared to last but will see. In economic news the Fed’s Beige Book [...]
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.
