Treasury bonds yields hit another low today, dropping to 1.917 percent for ten-year bonds. You might even say markets are begging the government to borrow money to stimulate the economy. The folks who’ve been warning us about near-term deficits for the last few years have been screaming about bond vigilantes and inflation, and they’ve been
The Business Press’s Favorite Talking Head
My first reaction to this Bloomberg article was to write this on the Twitter: hey, whaddya know, Mark Zandi is quoted in an article If you read the business press at all, you’re surely familiar with Zandi, who’s quoted like nobody else. You don’t want to put a Google Alert on this guy, if you
CJR Rewind: Back to the Future
This article, by Andie Tucher, ran in our November 2001 issue. Back in August, when I agreed to write a piece on the future of journalism, I figured that peering ahead to explore where we’re going wouldn’t be terribly hard for a journalism historian like me who has spent a lot of time peering back
CJR Rewind: What I Saw On 9-11
Ten years ago, on September 11, 2001, Nicholas Spangler was a journalism student covering a primary election in downtown New York. He heard a loud noise, looked up, and saw a jet fly into the side of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. He ran toward it and began taking notes
Calling Out a Source that Lied
As far as official denials go, it was clear and emphatic. Lori Willis, communications director of the Schnucks grocery chain, issued this response after a reporter with the Memphis Commercial Appeal recently asked if the rumors were true that her company was selling its local stores to Kroger. Typically, we would not comment on rumor
