Comments on: Bureaucratic Rump-Covering http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/bureaucratic-rump-covering/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Tom G http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/bureaucratic-rump-covering/#comment-463682 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:19:30 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=6457#comment-463682 Dr Michael Burry had enough info to create, and profit well from … the Big Short anticipating a huge house price finance meltdown, based on actually reading the contracts.

There were 2 years after the start of house prices collapsing end of 2005, early 2006, with 2006-2007 both having economic growth despite house construction contracting. Growth after house price pop means the lags from real over-construction misallocation and the losses in the financial system create confusion about causes and effects of the financial problems and the link to the real economy.

]]> By: Lord http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/bureaucratic-rump-covering/#comment-463648 Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:33:01 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=6457#comment-463648 If we are lucky they might fund some helpful research like that recent credit conditions paper.

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