Bizzy’s AM Coffee Biz-Econ-Life Links (060506)
Free Links:
- Totally shameless plug — If you are one of the few in the universe not reading this blog every single day, you might have missed this post from yesterday on the manufacturing sector of the economy, which is, believe it or not, on its longest winning streak of consecutive month-to-month expansions in over a quarter century.
- Porkopolis asks a great question that demands an answer and probably won’t get one — “Where’s the national debate on rebuilding flood-prone areas?”
- Don Luskin, despite the overblown talk of a “slowing down” economy (zheesh) say the Fed should, and will, raise rates — probably a couple more times. He thinks the stock market will come back nicely if the Fed does the right thing.
- Reuters Journalists in England and Ireland have called for a boycott of BizzyBlog Internet Wall of Shame member Yahoo! (HT NewsBusters) — It is sad that no organization of American journalists that I am aware of beat them to it.
- More ho-hum news about the mediocre economy — Dell adds 1,000 jobs in Tennessee.
- Mark Cuban thinks click fraud is a big problem — bigger than, uh, advertised (HT B2Day).
- Betcha didn’t know that GDP growth under outgoing Treasury Secretary John Snow and the Clinton Administration’s Robert Rubin was the same — 3.8% (HT Ohio Conservative).
- JetBlue has bought spectrum (HT Instapundit) that will enable it to offer, among other things, wireless Internet on its flights. Bring, it, on.
Average Clinton’s Treasury Secretaries with Bush’s.
Clinton - 3.533
Bush - 2.4
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Comment by Kevin Irwin — June 5, 2006 @ 10:55 am
#1, You are incorrect:
Clinton from 4th Q 1993 (1st responsibility assignable to his policies, i.e., 1st Clinton fiscal budget year, through 3rd Q 2001, end of last Clinton fiscal year) — 3.43%.
Bush 4th Q 2001 through 1Q 2006 prelim — 3.24%.
If we blame Sept. 11 attacks and subsequent economy for the next 4 quarters on Clinton, Bush is ahead, but let’s not go there. :–>
Comment by TBlumer — June 5, 2006 @ 11:34 am
You can go ahead and blame the Sept. 11 attacks on Clinton, but I’m guessing you won’t make it far on the merits of that argument. Let’s not play that “your party is the problem” game.
Comment by Kevin Irwin — June 5, 2006 @ 12:35 pm
That’s why I avoided putting the argument into the numbers, but couldn’t resist the snark. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Also clarified Clinton’s endpoint.
Comment by TBlumer — June 5, 2006 @ 1:16 pm