Mark-to-market accounting is back in the headlines now that the federal government has approved a the bailout to the financial industry. As an adopted New Yorker, I have two minds of the bailout and the current accounting rules. On the one hand, I want the economy in the city to recover as soon as possible. [...]
Entries from March 2009
Mark-to-Market Accounting and the Bailout
March 16th, 2009 · View Comments
Tags: finance
Tent Cities Sprouting Up Across America
March 11th, 2009 · View Comments
Image by B Tal via Flickr The media has been pushing a steady thematic stream of news comparing our current recession to the Great Depression, but until today I have found the evidence to be less than compelling. I had assumed that we would not have the bread lines, tent cities, and Hoovervilles that came [...]
Tags: economy
Watchmen Was Disappointing
March 8th, 2009 · View Comments
I just got back from seeing Watchmen and was overall not impressed with the movie. It faithfully followed the story and the spirit of the graphic novel very well, and I think this the heart of the movie’s problem. Admittedly, I am not a fan of the original book. I took about 6 months to [...]
Tags: media