Ryan Babe» Economics http://www.rbabe.com Tales of an internet nothing. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 “Cash for Clunkers” program accounted for 1.66% of the 3.5% growth in Q3 2009 http://www.rbabe.com/charts-and-data/cash-for-clunkers-program-accounted-for-1-66-of-the-3-5-growth-in-q3-2009/89 http://www.rbabe.com/charts-and-data/cash-for-clunkers-program-accounted-for-1-66-of-the-3-5-growth-in-q3-2009/89#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:56:38 +0000 rbabe http://www.rbabe.com/?p=89 Was it really a boost?  Or did the program simply shift future demand to Q3 2009?  That is, were cars that would have been purchased in Q4 2009 and Q1 2010 purchased earlier than expected?  If the latter, we should see a huge drop in future month sales..

Only time  will tell.

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]]> http://www.rbabe.com/charts-and-data/cash-for-clunkers-program-accounted-for-1-66-of-the-3-5-growth-in-q3-2009/89/feed 0 The Myth of Free Markets http://www.rbabe.com/economics/the-myth-of-free-markets/82 http://www.rbabe.com/economics/the-myth-of-free-markets/82#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:43:35 +0000 rbabe http://www.rbabe.com/?p=82 Ian Welsh makes excellent points in this piece which rebuts the oft-heard missive “If you don’t like the way MegaCompany X does business, don’t do business with them.”

Consumers Can’t Choose Not to Do Business

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