Larry Summers Is So Yesterday

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[Kozman]

... top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended. The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

Summers may want to cool using Google trends as a measure of significance.

Here's the chart for those searching over the last 12 months for "economic depression...

Here's the chart for those searching since the start of the year for "Larry Summers":...

[babyfreep]

Gee, that really spells it out (not). Sounds like this guy really needs to justify his job.

[RegulatorCountry]

Google trends can be an interesting thing to study. A spiking search trend always means spiking interest, but a declining trend can mean many things. Curiosity has declined as ugly reality has set in, perhaps? At-risk individuals most prone to searching such terms have lost their internet access, maybe? All sorts of potential sociological implications unpursued, there.

[grey_whiskers]

Meanwhile, over in the real world,
this is a chart of those searching for jobs...

Source:

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000

Cheers!

[nascarnation]

Everything I’ve read says Summers has a giant ego, yet he’s been nearly invisible since the Baraqqis took office.
Anybody got the scoop on this seeming disparity?

[Bean Counter]

Anyone want to bet me a burger that Summers will be the next SecTreas after Obama throws young Timmy under the bus??

[ottbmare]

I’m not going to take that bet. I think you’re right.

[Jess Kitting]

Isn't this the same Larry Summers who was branded "sexist" for some comments he made about women while at Harvard University?

Had he been Republican, he would have villified and never allowed a job in "public service" again. Now, he is a top dog in the Obama administration.

Liberals are such hypocrites.

[RegulatorCountry]

Looks like people are pretty ho-hum about Walter Krankheit, too:

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[grey_whiskers]

# 24 is "battle of jutland". I didn't know there were that many fans of obscure "ship of the line" "crossing the T" naval battles.

Cheers!

[RegulatorCountry]

It’s mostly dumb pop culture stuff, but I do have to wonder what’s going on with the newspapers in the Tri-Cities to have hit the top 100, lol.

Strange thing crop up from time to time. Sometimes it’s almost a leading indicator.

[Gaffer]

He’s not En Vogue for this particular administration.....i.e., he is white (e.g., not a wise Hispanic or heroic African American) and he is not a self-loathing Jew.......