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Moneybox 2009:
Daily commentary about business and finance.
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- What I Saw Inside China's—and the World's—Most Important Dam Plus: Why can't I find a chocolate bar in China?
Nov. 23, 2009 - Shanghai Express Made in China—and sold there, too.
Nov. 21, 2009 - Hot Pot's Top Spot What a meal of beef stomach and duck throats taught me about the new China.
Nov. 20, 2009 - Shanghai Manners Chinese are just like New Yorkers. They can't stop talking about real estate.
Nov. 19, 2009 - How Do You Say "Pink Cadillac" in Mandarin? Why the American brand Mary Kay is thriving in China.
Nov. 17, 2009 - Coming Soon: Jobs! Why employment will rebound sooner than you think.
Nov. 14, 2009 - The Lost Decade Why the last 10 years have been an economic disappointment for most Americans.
Nov. 11, 2009 - A Jewish Mother in Your Cell Phone How nagging text messages can make you healthier and richer.
Nov. 10, 2009 - Too Much Beef Why Arby's is so low on the restaurant food chain.
Nov. 7, 2009 - Squawking Hawks The current deficit debate is for the birds.
Nov. 5, 2009 - The Greatest Trade Ever A podcast with author Gregory Zuckerman.
Nov. 4, 2009 - The Mystery of the Rising Stock Market If the economy's stagnant, why are stocks up? The answer is disturbing.
Nov. 3, 2009 - Megavitamins The vitamin business thrived through the recession. Why?
Oct. 29, 2009 - Paper Hangers Newspapers aren't doing as badly as you think.
Oct. 28, 2009 - The Chamber's Mistakes The Chamber of Commerce pursued failed policies during the Bush years, so why should Obama listen to it?
Oct. 26, 2009 - Against Apple Picking Why pick-your-own orchards are a wasteful scam.
Oct. 23, 2009 - Pay Up! Why Wall Street bonuses won't go away.
Oct. 23, 2009 - Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy A podcast with author Zachary Karabell.
Oct. 22, 2009 - Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money Anti-Obama paranoia is good for at least one business.
Oct. 21, 2009 - Which Came First: Government Ownership or Catastrophic Losses? Companies like Citi and GM were failing before we took over.
Oct. 19, 2009 - Remembering Bruce Wasserstein The late Lazard CEO understood journalists, and journalism.
Oct. 15, 2009 - Exit, Pursued by a Bear Private equity firms are trying to cash out of their investments. Uh-oh.
Oct. 14, 2009 - The $800 Billion Deception Conservatives claim the stimulus has already failed. But it has barely started.
Oct. 12, 2009 - The New Progressive CEOs In a recession there are few global-warming-denying libertarians in the boardroom.
Oct. 10, 2009 - Don't Make Me Eat My Words Could the closing of Gourmet mark a bottom for the magazine business?
Oct. 8, 2009 - Last Man Standing A podcast with author Duff McDonald.
Oct. 7, 2009 - The Great ATM Robbery The obscenely high new bank fees for ATM usage and overdrawn checks.
Oct. 6, 2009 - Chicken Feet and Chump Change Don't worry about the U.S.-China trade war over poultry and car tires. Worry about the coming conflict over T-bills and derivatives.
Oct. 5, 2009 - Why Ken Lewis Gave Up The real reason the Bank of America CEO suddenly quit.
Oct. 1, 2009 - Going Rogue, Now Unavailable on Kindle The publishing conspiracy that's blocking an electronic version of Palin's memoir.
Oct. 1, 2009 - The Bailout That's Failing The federal rescue may have saved the banking sector, but it hasn't fixed the housing market.
Sept. 25, 2009 - Fee at Last! How the feds are collecting billions from bailed-out banks.
Sept. 24, 2009 - The Triumph of Web 2.5 The well-deserved success of Mint.com, and what other Web businesses can learn from it.
Sept. 18, 2009 - Why Won't Anyone Give Me a Credit Card? I don't have bad credit, and I've been trying to get one for a year.
Sept. 18, 2009 - Wall Street vs. Cleantech How to tell a West Coast businessman from an East Coast businessman.
Sept. 16, 2009 - The Lehman Shock Why the bank's failure one year ago was so much more devastating for the rest of the world than for the United States.
Sept. 12, 2009 - The Private Option Employment-based health insurance is in big trouble, but don't blame Obama.
Sept. 10, 2009 - Trimming Waste A greener, cheaper way to deal with garbage.
Sept. 9, 2009 - The Skyscraper That Ate a Billion Dollars Boston's Hancock Tower and the coming commercial real estate crisis.
Sept. 5, 2009 - The Cupcake Bubble Better enjoy that vanilla cupcake with espresso-ganache icing today, because the cupcake crash is coming!
Sept. 3, 2009 - Failure Caucus Who's rooting for the economy to tank again? These guys.
Sept. 1, 2009 - Is TARP Profitable? The huge government bailout could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even.
Aug. 28, 2009 - Cash for Clunkers Helped Car Dealers, But … Did it also help the economy?
Aug. 24, 2009 - Health Care Hypocrisy Many of the pundits attacking government health insurance rely on government health insurance for their own families.
Aug. 19, 2009 - Andrew Hall Wants His Check Now One Citi employee is entitled to a $100 million bonus. Should the company stiff him?
Aug. 13, 2009 - Who Won the Recession? McDonald's.
Aug. 11, 2009 - In Fed We Trust A podcast with author David Wessel.
Aug. 10, 2009 - Out of Balance The lamest business excuse of 2009: "We're a good company with a bad balance sheet."
Aug. 7, 2009 - Why You've Stopped Watching CNBC Explaining the ratings decline at the financial-news network.
Aug. 4, 2009 - Aloha, Obama Is the president helping Hawaii?
Aug. 1, 2009 - Stealth Nationalization How government programs are saving insurance companies from disaster.
July 31, 2009 - Peruvian Peaks The small, poor country that made the right economic moves.
July 29, 2009 - The Recession Is Over Now what we need is a new kind of recovery.
July 27, 2009 - Who Is Killing America's Millionaires? It isn't the tax man.
July 24, 2009 - Our Lot: How Real Estate Came To Own Us A podcast with author Alyssa Katz.
July 20, 2009 - Why Japan Isn't Rising It's mellowing as its population ages.
July 18, 2009 - The Recession Is Over! What America's best economic forecaster is saying.
July 14, 2009 - McKinsey's Cracked Crystal Ball Its 2009 predictions about the future of private-equity and hedge funds might be as inaccurate as its 2007 predictions.
July 10, 2009 - Artificial Stimulus It's too soon to say whether the stimulus package is working.
July 9, 2009 - If Paul Krugman Were a Woman He would be Noriko Hama.
July 1, 2009 - Can't Robots Press the Elevator Buttons? Japan, the world's most efficient economy, has lots of gas station attendants and elevator operators. Why?
June 29, 2009 - Denver's Secret Why so many green jobs are sprouting in Colorado.
June 27, 2009 - Tokyo Is Burning Japan saves energy by keeping office buildings at 82 degrees. Is this foresighted or perverse?
June 26, 2009 - A Recession in Dog Years The United States is experiencing what Japan did in the 1990s, but seven times faster.
June 24, 2009 - The Myth of the Rational Market A podcast with author Justin Fox.
June 18, 2009 - The New Boom-Bust Cycle The housing and finance sectors caused the economic mess. Here's why they can't fix it.
June 16, 2009 - The Almighty Dollar (Store) Dollar General, the retailer that figured out how to beat the recession.
June 13, 2009 - The Bond War Why Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson are hammering each other about T-Bill interest rates.
June 4, 2009 - Bailout Nation Barry Ritholtz explains how greed destroyed the American economic system.
June 4, 2009 - Which Side Are You On? How the UAW's new ownership stake in GM and Chrysler will defang the union.
June 2, 2009 - The Summer Home Bust Good riddance to those cottages on the Cape, those cabins in the Adirondacks!
May 30, 2009 - The Bankruptcy Parasites GM's Chapter 11 filing will be bad news for everyone—except the lawyers, accountants, and paper-pushers who'll make a mint off it.
May 28, 2009 - Good Luck With That 401(k)! Medicare and Social Security are in terrible shape. Unfortunately, private-sector health and pension plans are doing even worse.
May 27, 2009 - SWF ISO Bailout What explains the rapid decline of sovereign-wealth funds?
May 22, 2009 - Fool's Gold A podcast.
May 21, 2009 - The Avis Economy Can we end the recession simply by trying harder?
May 19, 2009 - The Secrets of Chang The recession is killing chain restaurants. So why is P.F. Chang's thriving?
May 15, 2009 - General Tso, Meet Colonel Sanders Why KFC and other American companies are finally thriving in China.
May 14, 2009 - Why GM May Go Bankrupt To some of its investors, it's worth more dead than alive.
May 12, 2009 - Match King: The Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals A podcast with Frank Partnoy.
May 11, 2009 - Don't Stress About It Instead of focusing on the stress tests, we should look at these other measures of bank health.
May 6, 2009 - Bond. Lame Bond. Chrysler's bondholders are whining about Obama's deal. Don't listen to them.
May 4, 2009 - Jolly Madison Why life is still good for business school students … in Wisconsin.
May 1, 2009 - The Patient Is in Stable Condition Obama calmed the economy in his first 100 days. Now what should he do?
April 29, 2009 - Condé Bust Why Portfolio folded.
April 27, 2009 - The Merge Surge Does this week's spike in corporate mergers signal an economic rebound?
April 24, 2009 - The Scary Rise of the "Empty Creditor" They'd rather drive good companies into bankruptcy than save them. Why?
April 21, 2009 - Green Shoots Is the economy really showing signs of recovery?
April 17, 2009 - The Real "Green" Innovation Why alternative energy depends more on financial wizardry than mechanical wizardry.
April 16, 2009 - When Did Your County's Jobs Disappear? An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country, updated with the latest figures.
April 15, 2009 - Taxes, Widows, and Orphans Conservative hypocrisy about Obama's proposal to limit charitable tax deductions for the rich.
April 15, 2009 - Bankers vs. Economists Who deserves more blame for the global economic collapse?
April 14, 2009 - Of, by, and for the Bondholders When in trouble, bondholders have always looked to Washington for relief.
April 11, 2009 - And It Can't Count on a Bailout Introducing one company ideally suited not to prosper in the Obama era.
April 7, 2009 - A Banker Bridges the Wealth Gap A podcast with Jacqueline Novogratz.
April 2, 2009 - Paper Money Newspapers aren't assets to be flipped, leveraged, and stripped.
April 1, 2009 - Paid Cadillac Prices, Got a Chevrolet Obama's auto bailout punishes Wall Streeters as much his toxic-assets program helped them.
March 30, 2009 - Bubblespeak The Orwellian language of Wall Street finds its way to the Treasury Department.
March 28, 2009 - I Want To Buy Troubled Assets Why can't individual investors get the sweetheart deal Geithner's plan is offering to hedge funds?
March 24, 2009 - Man Up, Capitalists! Why does the treasury secretary have to bribe investors to take risks?
March 23, 2009 - House of Cards A podcast with William D. Cohan.
March 23, 2009 - Goldman Sachs, Welfare Queen Wall Street's most storied firm is surviving on taxpayer dollars.
March 19, 2009 - They Got the Wrong Guy Why Congress' confrontation with AIG's CEO was a failure.
March 18, 2009 - Jump! If the economy is going to recover, Americans need to start taking risks again.
March 14, 2009 - Stop Listening to Wall Street Obama should pay no attention at all to stock prices.
March 14, 2009 - Park Avenue Marauding Through SoHo! There is a war against the rich, but it's being waged by other rich people.
March 9, 2009 - Dumb Money A podcast.
March 6, 2009 - War on the Rich? The bogus GOP claim that Obama is trying to bleed wealthy Americans.
March 5, 2009 - The World According to TARP If banks don't like the scrutiny that comes with bailout funds, why don't they just return the money?
March 3, 2009 - The Bubble Next Time Regulations that will stop us from acting crazy next time there's an irrational boom.
Feb. 28, 2009 - The N-Word Nobody wants to nationalize Citi. But it may be the least-bad option.
Feb. 26, 2009 - Dumb Money The villains of the financial catastrophe aren't criminals. They're morons.
Feb. 23, 2009 - The Big Rich A podcast with Bryan Burrough.
Feb. 19, 2009 - Public Relations Fiasco Why can't America's banking CEOs defend themselves better?
Feb. 14, 2009 - This Isn't Your Grandfather's Recession Tax cuts won't solve our current economic woes.
Feb. 12, 2009 - More Gloom, Please The economic and financial crises are even worse than Obama admits.
Feb. 10, 2009 - Declining Declinism Don't believe the historians and economists who say America's best days are behind us.
Feb. 6, 2009 - The King of Madison Avenue A podcast with Kenneth Roman.
Feb. 6, 2009 - Economic Know-Nothingism The GOP's nutso claim that government spending doesn't create jobs.
Feb. 4, 2009 - Three Strikes and You're Bailed Out Why Citi shouldn't cancel its $400 million purchase of naming rights for the Mets new stadium.
Feb. 3, 2009 - Searching for an Optimist at Davos I spent three days looking for someone who doesn't think the world's going to hell.
Jan. 31, 2009 - The Spirit of Davos The Davos Man is supposed to be gracious and civil. Not this year.
Jan. 30, 2009 - Davos Man, Confused Why the world's economic leaders blame the catastrophe on the system instead of themselves.
Jan. 29, 2009 - I See Dead Bankers! Wall Street has become The Sixth Sense—filled with corpses who think they're still alive.
Jan. 27, 2009 - The Quitter Economy Companies are liquidating; homeowners are mailing in the keys. Have we given up?
Jan. 24, 2009 - The Day Wall Street Exploded An exclusive podcast with Beverly Gage.
Jan. 22, 2009 - Liquidation Nation Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, and Sharper Image are gone. What company is next to go under?
Jan. 21, 2009 - Will Anyone Give Bush a Job? Being ex-president is usually easy and lucrative. It won't be for George W. Bush.
Jan. 17, 2009 - My Stimulus Is Better Than Yours! The battle over whether fiscal policy or monetary policy will fix the economy faster.
Jan. 13, 2009 - The Botox Bubble The health care industry was supposed to be recession-proof. So why is it in trouble?
Jan. 9, 2009 - Matt Miller on The Tyranny of Dead Ideas An interview with Daniel Gross.
Jan. 8, 2009 - Know When To Hold 'Em The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon—and for too little.
Jan. 7, 2009 - Spit When You Say "Madoff" How Palm Beach's ultrarich are recovering from the financial scandal.
Jan. 3, 2009
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