A term used to describe resistance to lower prices or wages. For instance, the reluctance of home buyers to reduce prices. Join discussion...

Professor Paul Frijters has been tracking 10,000 people since 2001. He has calculated some cash figures for the value of certain life events. Interesting, but at the same time perhaps this is the beginning of a bad line of thinking...note that insurance companies are taking interest. Join discussion...

The UK and US currencies have apparently been punished in trading today following the US Treasury's announcement that it will print $1.2B (USD). Join discussion...

An attack on mainstream neo-classical economics. Join discussion...

A good critical look at the current mainstream economic thinking. Join discussion...

Make up your own mind where we are heading... Join discussion...

A criticism of mainstream economics Join discussion...

Useful busting of myths, courtesy of the Mises Institute Join discussion...

A bit more on China. A newly-published sovereign risk assessment identifies the effect of slowing U.S. consumer spending on China's economy and forecasts a reversal of new foreign investment into China, as occurred over the past decade. By Kevin O’Brien, Managing Director, Governmental Institutions Advisory Services Group, Sovereign Advisers, Arizona. Join discussion...

This is a blog mentioned in the previos post on "House of horros" as "a blog devoted to the nitty gritty details of the housing meltdown" and it would seem more broadly to economics and finance overall. Join discussion...