I left an outgoing announcement on the voice mail stating that my office was closed for Good Friday, and I’m pleased to report that even in Washington DC, nobody was sufficiently boorish to leave a message demanding a meeting. But there are limits to discretion and good taste here, and quite narrow ones at that. … Continue reading 2 Hot 2B 4Got
Category: Economics and Finance
Subprimal Scream
The sweet winds of the South have kissed the palisades of the Potomac about three weeks early this year – thanks, no doubt, to global warming. So it’s a serendipitous jump start for Real Estate Raping Season, that local annual Rite of Spring which dawns with the first crocus blossoms pushing through the melting snow… Continue reading Subprimal Scream
There’s an Investor Born Every Minute
My dear sister Rose Lotus dropped by last night, her eyes red from crying. It’s some kind of pattern – the men screw up and their wives contact me for help – I guess it’s my basic animal magnetism that makes them identify me with salvation; although I am aware that sounds a bit kinky… Continue reading There’s an Investor Born Every Minute
If You Believe in Salmonella…
Certainly one of the most popular forms of corruption among the federal civil service in Washington consists simply of arranging for contractors to do one’s work in order that one have six or seven hours a day free at the office to make money doing something else. When that is accomplished, there are a number… Continue reading If You Believe in Salmonella…
Departmental Drones Do Davos, Draft Dollarific Document Deal
It’s only a short walk to my office on Constitution Avenue from the Commerce Department, so it was hardly more than a brief bit of exercise in the passably fresh air of Washington in January, but Bixby looked exhausted anyway. “Tom, the Interagency Working Group on International Economics needs to buy some of your time… Continue reading Departmental Drones Do Davos, Draft Dollarific Document Deal