In a speech today, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson let slip a few more details about the plan to freeze rates on some adjustable rate mortgages so a few hundred thousand hardworking Americans who took out really crazy loans can hold on to their homes. While the reality is a bit more complex, in the interest [...]
In a thrilling development, the Curious Capitalist residence has been selected to be one of the 2.5% of American dwellings receiving an American Community Survey from the Census Bureau this year. It looks like serious work; the estimated completion time is 38 minutes. We haven’t filled out any of the hard stuff yet. Mrs. CC [...]
When my article “Why Denmark Loves Globalization” was published in Time a couple of weeks ago, I said I might post the longer draft that I had tried vainly to get published in Time‘s Europe edition. Well, here it is. And it’s definitely longer: Last year, Danish toymaker Lego announced plans to outsource most of [...]
