Infographic: all US one-time expenditures vs the bailout - Boing Boing

Infographic: all US one-time expenditures vs the bailout - Boing Boing: "This Bailout Nation graphic shows the the total costs to the taxpayer of all the monies spent, lent, consumed, borrowed, printed, guaranteed, assumed or otherwise committed. It is nothing short of astonishing. In one short year the bailouts managed to spend far in excess of nearly every major one-time expenditure of the USA, including WW2, the moon shot, the New Deal, Iraq, Viet Nam and Korean wars -- COMBINED. 206 years versus 12 months."

Calculated Risk: Tiered House Prices

Calculated Risk: Tiered House Prices: "Case-Shiller has some tiered house price indices for a number of cities, and most of the bubble cities show this pattern (more appreciation in the low priced areas)."

‘Millionaire Homes’ May Lose Value Until 2012: Chart of the Day - Bloomberg.com

‘Millionaire Homes’ May Lose Value Until 2012: Chart of the Day - Bloomberg.com: "“Currently, we have national home prices bottoming in 2011,” they said. “However, prices for more expensive homes may not bottom out until 2012, and ultimately result in peak-to- trough declines in excess of 60 percent (compared to 40 percent nationally).”"

Nobody Here - Just Me and My Memories

Calculated Risk: Stock Market Update: "Note that the Great Depression crash is based on the DOW; the three others are for the S&P 500."

Calculated Risk: Stock Market Update

Calculated Risk: Stock Market Update: "Note that the Great Depression crash is based on the DOW; the three others are for the S&P 500."

Life in a Real-Wealth Economy by David Korten

Life in a Real-Wealth Economy by David Korten

David Korten reads a chapter from his latest book Agenda for a New Economy
Chapter 13: Life in a Real-Wealth Economy
11 minutes

David Korten: “The idea of deep and potentially wrenching change can be frightening. I have written this fictional account of life in the real-wealth New Economy in the hope it may make such a life easier to visualize.”"“The idea of deep and potentially wrenching change can be frightening. I have written this fictional account of life in the real-wealth New Economy in the hope it may make such a life easier to visualize.”"