Comments on: The Economy Ain't In Bad Shape http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Martin Brock http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html/comment-page-1#comment-30324 Martin Brock Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:03:34 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3047#comment-30324 <p>The market for financial services is not the entire economy, though it might appear to be when state monetary authorities hand out their entitlements too freely.</p> The market for financial services is not the entire economy, though it might appear to be when state monetary authorities hand out their entitlements too freely.

]]> By: Charlie http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html/comment-page-1#comment-30323 Charlie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:11:02 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3047#comment-30323 <p>"The stock market is not the economy."</p> <p>Haha, good point.</p> <p>It's too bad we don't have some sort of prediction market that could assess the accurracy of Luskin's article. Like, if people were somehow able to buy and sell the rights to companies' future profits.</p> "The stock market is not the economy."

Haha, good point.

It's too bad we don't have some sort of prediction market that could assess the accurracy of Luskin's article. Like, if people were somehow able to buy and sell the rights to companies' future profits.

]]> By: Randy http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html/comment-page-1#comment-30322 Randy Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:13:08 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3047#comment-30322 <p>Just heard Obama say, in the same breath, that trickle down doesn't work and that the economy is in crisis. So which is it. It can't be both. Either trickle down does work, or a good democrat shouldn't be the least bit concerned if a bunch of rich wall street bankers lose some money.</p> Just heard Obama say, in the same breath, that trickle down doesn't work and that the economy is in crisis. So which is it. It can't be both. Either trickle down does work, or a good democrat shouldn't be the least bit concerned if a bunch of rich wall street bankers lose some money.

]]> By: Methinks http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html/comment-page-1#comment-30321 Methinks Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:52:59 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3047#comment-30321 <p><i>It's kind of funny how this was posted the day before the Dow and S&P fell 4.5%.</i></p> <p>The stock market is not the economy.</p> <p>and the S&P futures closed down almost 5%.</p> It's kind of funny how this was posted the day before the Dow and S&P fell 4.5%.

The stock market is not the economy.

and the S&P futures closed down almost 5%.

]]> By: Martin Brock http://cafehayek.com/2008/09/the-economy-ain.html/comment-page-1#comment-30320 Martin Brock Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:39:50 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3047#comment-30320 <p>10 year Treasury notes haven't been so costly since 1958. Despite the incredible state of Uncle Sam's finances, entitlement to His tax revenue has rarely been dearer, with a yield well below the CPI-U. What does that mean?</p> 10 year Treasury notes haven't been so costly since 1958. Despite the incredible state of Uncle Sam's finances, entitlement to His tax revenue has rarely been dearer, with a yield well below the CPI-U. What does that mean?

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