An Economics Newsletter for the New Millennium

Prepared by New Economic Paradigm Associates

- Donald Byrne, Ph.D.

- Edward Derbin, MA, MBA

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*            Newsletters

*            Favorite Links

 *            Contact Information

*            Upcoming Articles

*            Feedback on Commentaries from Our Readers

 

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*Current Newsletter

 

(Volume 2008: Issue 2) May 13, 2008)

(Oil & Autos: Cartelistic v. Competitive Free Market Capitalism)

 

 

 

Archived Newsletters 

 

(Volume 2008: Issue 1) March 21, 2008)

(The Credit Crisis: Too Big to Fail---too small to matter)

 

(Volume 2007: Issue 2) August 27, 2007)

(Excessive Subprime Lending; or Misguided Monetary Policy – A Reasoned Critique)

 

(Volume 2007: Issue 1) February 21, 2007)

(ENERGY, ENERGY, EVERYWHERE – BUT WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH?)

 

(Volume 2006: Issue 2) November 18, 2006)

(The Income Distribution: Where’s the Cash?)


(Volume 2006: Issue 1) January 6, 2006)

(The Killing Fields: Weak links in an otherwise strong economy)

 

(Volume 2005: Issue 3) August 3, 2005)

(Social Security: Is there a Crisis?)

 

(Volume 2005: Issue 2) May 31, 2005)

(The Energy Challenge: U.S. Oil Industry (Merger-Mania) and the FED Conundrum Continues)


(Volume 2005: Issue 1) April 29, 2005
(The FED: CONUNDRUM, CONSTERNATION, OR CONFUSION?)


(Volume 2004: Issue 3) November 19, 2004

(We’re back…Revisiting previous issues and then on to ENERGY)

 

(Volume 2004: Issue 2) March 29, 2004

(On Unemployment and Debt…not as dreary as first thought or continues to be reported)


(Volume 2004: Issue 1) February 16, 2004

(Economic schools of thought…of long dead economists and other items of interest)


(Volume 2003: Issue 5) December 31, 2003

(The Federal Reserve System: Sausage making and its relation to monetary policy)

 

(Volume 2003: Issue 4) November 22, 2003

(National Debt and Federal Deficits…leveraging current assets for tomorrow’s growth)

 

(Volume 2003: Issue 3) October 10, 2003

(Trade Deficits – How dirty is your float?)

 

(Volume 2003: Issue 2) August 31, 2003     

(Deflation --- not necessarily a bad thing…restructuring)

 

(Volume 2003: Issue 1) August 6, 2003 

(What Recession?  Welcome to the World of the New Economic Paradigm)

 

*Feedback on Commentaries from Our Readers

 

§       Letters to the Editors...

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*Favorite Links 

                      

 

  US Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov/

Bureau of Economic Analysis (National Income and Product Accounts) http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm 

 

US Census Bureau (Poverty Income Data)    http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html 

  US Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment Statistics and Price Indices)  http://www.bls.gov/

 

US Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/

US Federal Highway Administration  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

US Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov/

The Energy Information Administration: U.S. Department of Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/

US Department of Treasury http://www.ustreas.gov/

The United States Debt Outstanding (U.S. Treasury) http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np

Internal Revenue Service (Tax Statistics) http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/index.html

Current Monthly Treasury Statement  http://fms.treas.gov/mts/index.html

Yield Curve Data  http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/yield.shtml

US Federal Reserve Board of Governors http://www.federalreserve.gov/

New York Federal Reserve Bank http://www.newyorkfed.org/

 US Department of the Interior http://www.doi.gov/   

Minerals Management Service http://www.mms.gov/


Other good sites…

CIA: The World FactBook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/

The Conference Board – Leading Economic Indicators http://www.conference-board.org/economics/bci/

International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/

The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/

*Contact Information – Feedback & Questions

 

To reach us, please write to either of the following e-mail addresses:

 

Donald R. Byrne, Ph. D.

Professor of Economics

University of Detroit Mercy

dbyrne5628@aol.com

Edward T. Derbin, MA, MBA

University of Detroit Mercy

edtitan@aol.com

 

*Upcoming Articles (in no particular order)

 

§       More on Fossil Fuels and Other Energy (Monopoly Power)

§       Healthcare

§       Gold: The Barbarous Relic

§       Fair Trade/Free Trade

§       Investing

§       Robber Barons/Profit Satisficing/Profit Maximization

§       Pharmaceuticals

§       Auto Industry – CAFE Standards

§       Competition: The Beauty of the Free Market System

§       Inflation

§       Equity / Efficiency

§       Externalities – Political Discernment

 

 

  

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