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Regarding the OP's question...It's obviously a relevant question in this economy...At the same time though, the liberal arts colleges operate in their own universe, with a minimal amount of practicality. The best ones are successful in graduating students into high paying careers, mainly...

A bit confused on this last point. There is no doubt in my mind that the elite Eastern boarding schools have some of the most intelligent students around and are a fast track to gain admissions to Ivy League schools. On the other hand, gaining admissions to the schools you've listed above is...

The dual mandate is a complete load of bullshit and enables these professional liars to simply reference whatever metric favors their loose monetary policy. They damn well know that unemployment is structural, it has been for years now, but the construction and real estate bubble, temporarily...

Great point and the best answer to these guys who continue to spread the propaganda. Kashirin made some salient points as well and I'd argue his analysis is right on pont as well. All of this "recovery" talk because they can boost GDP and try to suppress the inflation data (or not...

Don't for a second kid yourself. Bernanke would have the exact same mandate with Palin as President, the spin would just be different, that's all. Put it this way, anybody who would have a snowball's chance in hell of getting enough media attention to get elected, would have already been...

That's all that matters right? The central planners certainly would love alot more guys like you.

I'd venture that some of the underperforming locations really were just cafe's that doubled as an upscale public library. Sometimes you could go for hours while sitting in a Border's cafe and not see a single person checkout to buy a book.

I think it's a bit more complicated than what you've listed above. You forgot to mention the massive overhead costs involved with all of those retail locations...the rent, utilities, payroll, etc, etc...It also probably did not help much that we went thru a massive commercial real estate bubble...

Couldn't agree more, but this view is clearly in the minority around here and in the mainstream.

You've touched on the structural underpinnings of this fraudulent economy, no matter what the propoganda machine would like to sweep underneath the rug. The middle class, the small business owners, the recent college grads, the senior citizens on fixed incomes are just some of the victims of...

You call this analysis? Let me guess you weren't even born when Greenspan took over as Fed Chairman. A typical bull market baby. Gonna get your ass handed to you on any meaningful correction...and when Atticus meets up with you, you'll be feeding thru a straw...

My money is on Atticus beating you into a bloody f'ing pulp, you wannabe.

I understand your point. It's not entirely unlike the planted articles I've seen in recent years that will predict all sorts of hyperinflation in food costs and at the end of the article there is a site link to buy gold and silver coins. So, I can see how Williams would have a financial...

Which facts and numbers? As this thread has clearly demonstrated, the government keeps two sets of books. The first set is cleansed for public inspection, the second set is locked away in a vault and only released in times of financial turmoil. The Japan thingamajig has been debated for...

Well, quite frankly, would you rather having rising prices combined with falling wages? Is this your idea of economic ingenuity? So, we simply ignore the fact that we have structural unemployment problems combined with a lack of wage pressure, but we have multi-year highs across the commodity...

Well, the fact of the matter is that we all gain perspective by seeing the economic statistics from an alternative source that uses metrics once practiced by our government statisticians. Even diehard BLS supporters admit that there are flaws to the current system, most notably the long term...

Exactly right. All I ever hear are these tired arguments about electing people who have the countries best interests at heart. Show me this group of candidates. Sure, there are small pockets of progressive upstarts, many of whom are defeated early on in the race, and the ones who promise...

At first glance, my first reaction was similar..i.e. the kill switch would be an ideal way to de-centralize any anti-governmental organization...but you have to re-think that premise. The US has far too much invested in e-commerce and the "e-economy" for a kill switch to basically cripple alot...

It's not only laughable, but it's a played card. They've been "accomodating" the equity markets for at least the past 15 years or so, as a "make up" measure to encourage debt based consumption and borrowing beyond the limits of earned income. The problem with the strategy is you can only go to...

The real answer to your question is the buying power lost over the past 10-15 years. The lack of volume, the continued outflows even during this rally are more indicative of a mass exodus and growing apathy towards the equity markets. ZIRP, which is essentially a gun to the head of all...