How do you think McCain and Obama did in the first presidential debate of the 2008 election? The early consensus seems to be that it was a draw — although I could argue that Obama had a slight edge.
Both candidates were serious and relatively substantive (of course, they dodged the details…but they always do). You could certainly [...]

Read the Full Post

What a week. The financial world experienced an historical meltdown, one presidential candidate claimed the economy’s “fundamentals are sound,” and the anti-regulation Republican White House embarked on the biggest government bail-out of financial firms in US history. And it ain’t over yet.
If we needed any more evidence that our much vaunted US financial system is beyond troubled, the past week [...]

Read the Full Post