Articles by Steven Hansen
Weekly Review: Income Inequality and Erosion of the Middle Class
1/4/2013, 7:08 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
A recent Chart of the Day entitled “The 5% Of American Households That The Fiscal Cliff Debate Is Really About” got me thinking – is the problem “really” that the rich are taxed too little? ... Read >>
Weekly Review: Student Loans Destroying Future Ability to Consume
12/28/2012, 6:10 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Over the long Christmas Holiday weekend, the NY Times published For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall . The post is a anecdotal essay correlating being poor and the... Read >>
Weekly Review: The Economy Is Bad Because Productivity is Bad
12/20/2012, 11:30 pm from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Pundits seem to comment on elements outside their comfort zone (areas of real expertise). Everyone is guilty from time-to-time. I know my comfort zones, and one is in labor and... Read >>
Weekly Review: Trade Balance Deficit Causes Federal Debt?
12/14/2012, 10:06 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
….. the fiscal (government) deficit in the US cannot go away unless we also deal with the trade deficit. As we will see, it... Read >>
Weekly Review: The Crash and Burn Caused by the Fiscal Cliff
12/7/2012, 5:30 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
[ This post is loaded with sarcasm ] A meteor coming towards the US East Coast is unlikely to stir up more headlines than the Fiscal Cliff – expiring tax cuts and forced spending cuts... Read >>
Weekly Review: Debt Makes the Economy Grow
11/30/2012, 7:34 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
I pen this while listening to the pundits talk about the terrible economy moving forward. I hear: fiscal cliff Eurocrisis Japan economy and debt corporate profits taxing the rich /... Read >>
Weekly Review: The Effect of Twinkies On Unions and Employment
11/23/2012, 8:41 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
While we watch the drama over the demise of Hostess Brands, the financial media hums with the suggestion that the silly labor movement, as well as business errors have driven... Read >>
Weekly Review: The Economy Is Killing Joe Sixpack
11/16/2012, 10:08 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
I am not a lover of GDP as THE measure of the economy. GDP measures money movement across sectors of the economy that economists have determined is “productive” growth. Nothing is... Read >>
Weekly Review: How Will Obamacare Change Employment Landscape?
11/9/2012, 9:32 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
There has been much talk about the impact of Obamacare on employment dynamics in the USA. Much of the recent discussion centers on the Obamacare definition of full-time... Read >>
Weekly Review: America Produces Less and Less?
11/2/2012, 11:02 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
America makes nothing. Seems like most things we buy are made in Mexico, China, Indonesia or many other places. However, perceptions are not facts, and even the data can be spun to... Read >>