Comments (5)

• J Cortez

  I had friends that were high school skateboarders during the last housing bust in California. They remember the foreclosed homes with pools very fondly.

  Published: January 4, 2009 10:34 PM

• Speedmaster

  LOL! ;-)

  Published: January 5, 2009 7:39 AM

• Bruce Koerber

  These pools in foreclosed properties represent the picture perfect Keynesian version of private capital.

  It is a wierd reality that the Keynesian world of short-run economics is what Keynesianism creates! This is the job security that the ego-driven interventionists love. This is why academic empiricists have their own little world of 'economic literature' to embellish their resumes despite the fact that they are charlatans.

  Published: January 5, 2009 8:58 AM

• Christopher Hightower

  In my younger days I could have rode that pool. Spent a lot of days skateboarding. Now, I just play a game of Tony Hawk on playstation, instead of risking breaking an arm or my neck. Skateboarding, takes a toll on your lower body (chins, ankles, knees,). Ouch!

  P.S. On behalf of skateboarders, thanks for the empty pools.

  Published: January 5, 2009 8:45 PM

• vlad popovic

  Wow! Even dudes with multiple concussions know who caused the housing bubble!
  
  Should CNBC start replacing their anchors with skateboarders in an attempt to regain a shred of credibility?

  Or, since concussions appear to be a better predictor of economic sense than a Nobel prize, should we strap skates (but no helmet, looks like) on Krugman and turn him loose until he sees the light?

  Published: January 6, 2009 6:14 AM