Caroline Baum
Caroline Baum is a Bloomberg View columnist appearing on Thursdays. The author of "Just What I Said: Bloomberg Economics Columnist Takes on Bonds, Banks, Budgets and Bubbles," she has been a Bloomberg columnist since 1998.
In 2004 and 2005 Baum received first-place National Headliner Awards in the wire service/commentary category. From 2002 to 2003, Baum hosted the weekend radio talk show "No Nonsense" on Bloomberg Radio. Before coming to Bloomberg News, she was a columnist for Dow Jones, and has been writing about the economy and the bond market since 1987. Baum has a B.A. in political science from Tufts University and an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University. She lives in West Tisbury, Mass.
Articles By Caroline Baum
Stop the Big Banks Before They Can Lend Again
If only the Volcker rule had been in place. If only the Dodd-Frank law had an additional 1,000 pages of rules. If only there had been more regulators at JPMorgan Chase & Co. If only the regulators had done a better job.
Bain’s Successes and Obama’s Failure
Words may not make the man, but they sure tell us a lot about the individual who chooses them.
Paul Krugman's Simple -- or Is It Simplistic? -- Reasoning
It's a "remarkably simple problem," said Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, New York Times columnist, devotee of John Maynard Keynes, leading voice of the left and lightning rod for the right. If the folks in Washington would just listen to him, they could end this depression now, which also just happens to be the title of his new book.
Bond Market May Not Warn When Debt Crisis Strikes
One by one, European nations are letting their voices be heard, tossing out the party in power and voting in those who, in some cases, have a more radical agenda or, in others, are just willing to say “no” to the status quo. A bas l’austerite! Down with austerity! Up with growth!
Government’s Snake Oil Won’t Cure Jobs Ailment
Want to know what Federal Reserve policy makers are thinking at any given time? Take a look at what the research staff is doing.
Merkel Is Cast as Thatcher’s Austerity Goddess
Three decades ago, U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was confronted with a nation bordering on irrelevance, a stagnant economy and a set of entrenched beliefs about the relationship between government and the people.
Reading Between the Dots of the Fed's Latest Release
In an effort at increased transparency, the Federal Reserve has started releasing the interest-rate outlook of all members of its policy committee, voters and non-voters alike, four times a year. These projections are expressed as a bunch of dots on a chart.
Is ‘Fiscal Cliff’ a Keynesian Topography Mistake?
Never let it be said that the financial community has a deaf ear for language. The same folks who saw “green shoots” after the “soft patch” are now focusing their collective attention on the “fiscal cliff.”
Geithner Takes Lead in ’Much Ado About Nothing’
What if the Bureau of Labor Statistics had reported a 220,000 increase in March nonfarm jobs two weeks ago instead of 120,000?
Labor Market Mystery: Retail Sales Up, but Jobs Down
The reaction to last week's employment report, both in the stock and bond markets and the ex-post analysis, was so extreme that I decided to do a little digging. Was one sub-par jobs report, with its payroll gain of 120,000, the game changer it was made out to be? Or was it just another piece of data, subject to revision?
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