In this section, articles and introductions to economic basics, theory, and current news are presented.

• The Basics If money makes the world go 'round, then understanding how money works is pretty important. Click here to find out more.

April

• The Green Economic Revolution: Will it Destroy Our Economy? By Charles Kirchofer, Mar. 4^th, 2009

February

• Detecting and Controlling Housing Bubbles by Charles Kirchofer, Feb. 20^th, 2009
• Japan's Economy Is Cruising Downhill as Fast as Any Other Developed Economy, So Why Is the Yen Skyrocketing? by Charles Kirchofer, Feb. 15^th, 2009
  

January

• The Conundrum of Global Saving/Spending Imbalances: Why It's so Hard to Stop the Flood by Charles Kirchofer, Jan. 29^th, 2009
• On the Efficiency of Direct Government Spending by Charles Kirchofer, Jan. 9^th, 2009
• Tax Breaks or Government Direct Spending - Is There a Right Answer? by Michael Mohr, Jan. 6^th, 2009
• What Credit Default Swaps Are, and How They Contributed to the Housing Bubble and the Worst Recession Since the 1930s by Charles Kirchofer, Jan. 5^th, 2009

December

• The bubble asks for a bail-out. By Michael Mohr, Dec. 29^th, 2008
• Money does grow on trees! The Fed goes to 0%. By Michael Mohr, Dec. 19^th, 2008
• Homeowners Re-Defaulting. I Told You So? by Michael Mohr, Dec. 12^th, 2008
• What if Housing Doesn't Come Back?! by Michael Mohr, Dec. 6^th, 2008
• Issues in Corporate Governance -- A Response to Mohr's "Where's My Bonus?!" Article by Charles Kirchofer, Dec. 2^nd, 2008
• Throw in the Kitchen Sink!! by Michael Mohr, Dec. 2^nd, 2008
• The Company Lost Billions this Year, but Where Is My Bonus?! by Michael Mohr, Dec. 2^nd, 2008

November

• Update on AIG by Michael Mohr, Nov. 16^th, 2008
• A return to the Gold Standard?!? by Charles Kirchofer, Nov. 12^th, 2008
• When Government Becomes and Insurer: The AIG Revised Bailout by Michael Mohr, Nov. 10^th, 2008
• Dollar Rout? A Response to Iceland by Charles Kirchofer, Nov. 8 ^th, 2008
• Economic History in the Making, Iceland’s “el error de diciembre” Nov. 8th, 2008, by Michael Mohr
• LIBOR Tumbles, Credit Crisis Easing? Nov. 8th, 2008, by Michael Mohr

• When Government Becomes a Bank: Anyone Else Concerned with Moral Hazard? Part 3 Nov. 6th, 2008, by Michael Mohr
• Nice To Know Henry Paulson Agrees a Loan Guarantee Will Not Work Nov. 4^th, 2008, by Michael Mohr
• When Government Becomes a Bank: Anyone Else Concerned with Moral Hazard? Part 2 Nov. 1^st, 2008, by Michael Mohr

October

• When Government Becomes a Bank: Anyone Else Concerned with Moral Hazard? Oct. 30^th, 2008, by Michael Mohr

• What is LIBOR anyway, and what scary message is it sending? Oct. 27th, 2008, by Michael Mohr

• Subprime Mortgages: the Baby in the Bathwater? Oct. 25th, 2008, by Charles Kirchofer
• A Comment on Mohr's Financial Crisis Analysis Oct. 25th, 2008, by Charles Kirchofer

• Truly understanding the Credit Crisis, and why this isn’t really ALL Alan Greenspan’s Fault Oct. 24th, 2008, By Michael Mohr. Please read article below on Teaser Rates first.
• You Would Have Been Stupid Not To Take A Teaser Rate, Adjustable Mortgage in 1999. (Read this first). Oct. 24th, 2008, by Michael Mohr
• The Financial Crisis Oct. 18th, 2008, by Charles Kirchofer

• The Gold Trading Game. Try your luck and test your skills trading gold and see if you can save enough to retire! To make things more interesting, say you're older than you are to limit your time before retirement!
• Economist.com chart of economic conditions when presidents took over, starting 1932, to put things into perspective
• Economist.com article on money markets in general, LIBOR in particular, and why it may be falling faster than meets the eye.
• Alan Greenspan's Address to the Congressional Oversight Committee (C-Span / YouTube)
• Watch the entire hearing (4 hrs. long, but with good stuff in it)
• Economist.com article on the dangers of overregulation as a misguided response to the financial crisis

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