http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com Investing and economics - it isn't easy. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-coming-recession-in-silicon-valley/#comment-51 HiloLiving Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:29:38 +0000 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-51 Jeremy, We totally agree with you on your assessment. Like us, many folks left Silicon Valley when the gloom began to descend. Silicon Valley was a place of unbounded excitment when making technology work was rewarded over being cheerful, when the best and brightest from around the world were being attracted rather than restricting visas and sending operations overseas, when an engineer could qualify for a mortgage and a car and have money left for savings. Those days are over. ex-SiliconValleyers in Hilo Jeremy,
We totally agree with you on your assessment. Like us, many folks left Silicon Valley when the gloom began to descend. Silicon Valley was a place of unbounded excitment when making technology work was rewarded over being cheerful, when the best and brightest from around the world were being attracted rather than restricting visas and sending operations overseas, when an engineer could qualify for a mortgage and a car and have money left for savings. Those days are over.
ex-SiliconValleyers in Hilo

]]> http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-coming-recession-in-silicon-valley/#comment-50 Jeremy Gin Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:43:42 +0000 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-50 It's hard to know the precise impact, but because Silicon Valley companies, investors, and entrepreneurs have been carrying on as if they are immune from the broader economy, the actual damage could be greater than if they had heretofore preceded with greater caution.... It’s hard to know the precise impact, but because Silicon Valley companies, investors, and entrepreneurs have been carrying on as if they are immune from the broader economy, the actual damage could be greater than if they had heretofore preceded with greater caution….

]]> http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-coming-recession-in-silicon-valley/#comment-49 web Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:19:39 +0000 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-49 Jeez, is Silicon Valley really going to get hit that hard? Jeez, is Silicon Valley really going to get hit that hard?

]]> http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/fiscal-stimulus-doesnt-work/#comment-13 wbuffettjr Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:49:39 +0000 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-13 While I agree with you, I do not think this view is widely held or understood. Many articles were published ex-post that seemed to support the view that the stimulus was effective: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/reuters/2008/07/30/stimulus-effective-in-lifting-spending-study While I agree with you, I do not think this view is widely held or understood. Many articles were published ex-post that seemed to support the view that the stimulus was effective:
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/reuters/2008/07/30/stimulus-effective-in-lifting-spending-study

]]> http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/fiscal-stimulus-doesnt-work/#comment-7 Nina Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:48:12 +0000 http://insolventinvestor.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-7 It does not take a Harvard economist, though, to tell us that this year's fiscal stimulus did not have the intended effects. But for those who push for it in the first place, it certainly can work, at least in the short term, as the intended purpose is political gains for being perceived as doing something about our troubles. It does not take a Harvard economist, though, to tell us that this year’s fiscal stimulus did not have the intended effects. But for those who push for it in the first place, it certainly can work, at least in the short term, as the intended purpose is political gains for being perceived as doing something about our troubles.

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