New Hampshire Primary 2012 – Mainstream press focusing on everything except economy.
I don’t really have a horse in this race but watching the mainstream press cover the current election is like watching an exercise of avoiding the most important. The economy is obviously the most important item for most Americans right now. All other issues take a major back seat. Today reports were coming out highlighting [...]
Andrew Cuomo files fraud charges against Ernst & Young for work with Lehman Brothers.
We are years into the crisis with no serious charges against any firms, yet. It looks like attorney general Andrew Cuomo is now filing charges against Ernst & Young for their work with Lehman Brothers: “(WSJ) New York prosecutors are poised to file civil fraud charges against Ernst & Young for its alleged role in [...]
Government employment versus population of the United States.
Looking at raw numbers doesn’t usually do justice to a cause. With the recent 2010 Census, it is helpful to look at population versus the percent of people working for a certain sector. There has been a lot of ire thrown against the government and how large it has gotten. But we also have 308 [...]