Tuesday, December 18, 2007

10 Most Overpaid Jobs

These are great examples of what we learned in micro about the determinants of people's earnings. Check out the top ten.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Most expensive restaurants in U.S.

Read about them here.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Who has made profits during this subprime crisis?

Looks like Goldman Sachs has made about $4 billion off of the losses on subprime mortgage securities and they could have made more. Read about it here.

Marrying for Money

Interesting blog post on marrying for money.

Greenspan weighs in on the current mortgage crisis

Greenspan's thoughts

Thursday, December 13, 2007

The new breed of billionaire philanthropists

The new breed

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

CEOs and their cars

What does it say about their management style?

CEOs and their cars

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Sovereign wealth funds becoming major market players

Read about them here.

Risk of recession over 40%

According to latest poll of economists.

Could the current mortgage crisis rival the S&L crisis

These pundits weigh in.

Monday, December 10, 2007

U.S. Economy Dragging Down Rest of the World

Nice summary of how the economies of all the countries of the world are linked together.

Slowing down U.S. economy