More on the SF Oil Spill

This is a great graphic illustrating the spread of the SF oil tanker spill in the first 32 hours.

SF Oil spill graphic

Fears of recession

Some articles on the potential for recession.

article 1

article 2

Inside the social lives of MBA students

Apparently they go to a lot of costume parties...

Wall Street Bonuses for 2007

Not too shabby.

$38 billion total or about $201K per person

Don't sweat short-term losses when it comes to your retirement savings

Great advice on retirement savings and short-term losses.

Bear market worries

Economics of the Argentinian wine industry

Interesting story of the global wine industry and Argentina's in particular. Very interesting how it got its start by a professor of economics.

Golden days for Argentine wine could turn cloudy

Economics and football 4th downs

Interesting economic research into NFL coaches' decision to punt on fourth downs.

Economics and football 4th downs

A $27.5 million apartment and Who will lead Citigroup?

Wow, not too shabby for the new CEO of Merrill Lynch.

Big Raise in store for Thain

Who will lead Citigroup?

Candidates

Economics and weight loss

Leave it to economists to come up with an economic incentive plan to lose weight. This plan just might work for some Americans.

Economy of scales

Interesting thoughts on the trade deficit and national savings

Krugman article

Why higher savings may depreciate the dollar

SF Oil spill

This doesn't have to do with econ but it's an important issue nonetheless.

SF Oil spill and what you can do about it

Effects of oil spill video

Effects of oil spill video 2

Some interesting articles on retirement savings

http://www.onwallstreet.com/article.cfm?articleId=3467

http://www.onwallstreet.com/article.cfm?articleId=3423

https://institutional.vanguard.com/VGApp/iip/IWEResearch?Path=IWEPUBR&File=IWE_RetResOutlook2006.jsp&FW_Activity=ArticleDetailActivity&IIP_INF=WZxxxxxIWE_RetResOutlook2006.jsp

Humor, economist style

I thought this was hillarious but that's because I'm pretty nerdy. If you've read Mankiw's texts and appreciate nerdy humor, you may find this funny.

The Standup Economist

Uh oh, the perfect storm is brewing for our economy

Perfect storm.

The new billionaires

Very interesting to see where newly minted billionaires are coming from.

The happiness gap in America

Interesting commentary on the happiness gap in America.

What does the average American buy in a given year?

Read about here. The BLS puts out the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Very illuminating.

Don't let this happen to you when it's time to retire

Retirement scams

The European Union's version of the Fed

Read about them here and also learn how they responded to this summer's subprime crisis.

The ECB

Another casualty of the subprime mortgage meltdown

Looks like the CEO of Citigroup has joined the list of CEO's of financial services firm who have lost their jobs from the whole subprime mortgage mess. Read the article and consider the estimate of Citigroup's losses from subprime mortgage securities. The number is staggering.

Citi's CEO