Caveat Emptor

Professor Harold Black's Blog

Monday, December 23, 2013

Happy Holidays and so long for now

It has been and interesting and challenging year. After the election I decided to take a break and in that time have not looked at one newsc...

Monday, November 4, 2013

Neither side serious in fiscal debate

The following appeared on November 4 in the Knoxville News-Sentinel In financial markets the interest rate on Treasurys is considered the ...

Friday, October 11, 2013

Just say no: redux

I have written before that the debt ceiling is the only thing that can force fiscal discipline on the federal government. Given that governm...

Monday, October 7, 2013

More Ted Cruz and Mike Lee and Less Bob Corker Please

You have probably heard that Ted Cruz and Mike Lee were attacked by some of their republican colleagues in a closed door session over their ...

Thursday, September 19, 2013

What? No Drunken Red Savages?

The usual suspects among the sports columnists are on the warpath again demanding that the Washington Redskins change their name. No matter ...

Sunday, September 1, 2013

No more Freeway of Love?

The Associated Press recently had a story on how America has appeared to have lost its love affair with the automobile. The article by Joan ...

Bernanke's Fed Policy Did More Harm than Good

This article appeared in the Knoxville News-Sentinel September 1, 2013 The Kansas City Fed’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, WY has evolve...

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About Me

H.A. Black: Harold A. Black is professor emeritus in the Department of Finance, University of Tennessee, Knoxville having retired after 24 years of service. He has served on the faculties of American University, Howard University, the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and the University of Florida. His government service includes the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and as a Board Member of the National Credit Union Administration. He also has served on the boards of directors Home Savings of America and its parent company, H. F. Ahmanson & Co., Irwindale, California prior to its merger with Washington Mutual Savings Bank, on the board of New Century Financial Corporation, Irvine, California, then the nation’s largest real estate investment trust and as director and later chairman of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He writes an occasional article for the Knoxville News-Sentinel at http://www.knoxnews.com/staff/dr-harold-black/. His web page is haroldablackphd.com

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