Economics for the Intelligent Amateur

Here at Dumbagent we’ve enjoyed following the live streaming and tweeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Technology is definitely one of the winners, at least in getting the message across. From what we hear, in fact, the technology subject was one of the few that wasn’t gloomy.
One of our favorite quotes from the end [...]

We warned readers several months ago to expect an onslaught of books talking of the evils of the free markets and (fallaciously) talking up Behavioral economics as the mutually exclusive counterpoint. So we can’t help feeling somewhat vindicated by the fact that How Markets Fail, by John Cassidy, does just this.
In all fairness, Cassidy [...]

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If you enjoy investing in the stock market every now and then, especially if you consider yourself none too bad at it, and definitely before you start telling your friends what to invest in and what not to, we would like to point out an article in Businessweek dealing with taxes.
Here they explain how to [...]

Still confused about the Credit Crisis? Well, so are many other people. Luckily, this collection of videos, some of them rather tongue in cheek and somewhat smug, do a pretty comprehensive job in explaining the credit crisis:
From the Dumb Agent Youtube channel, the playlist is here.