The Middle East Is Blowing Up
Every day brings another scary headline from the Middle East — which makes it easy to treat them as background noise rather than a clear
Every day brings another scary headline from the Middle East — which makes it easy to treat them as background noise rather than a clear
Doing the right thing is hard for both individuals and their governments. Name the goal – maintaining a healthy weight, paying off high-interest credit cards,
By now everyone with an Internet connection is aware of the “ransomware” attack that shut down hundreds of thousands of computers over the weekend. The
The past century has been an orgy of experimentation. We tried fascism, which initially looked good to some before (literally) crashing and burning. We tried
Last week I ran into a friend whom I’d been worrying about. He’s a real estate appraiser and his work had been drying up as
The rise of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has made a lot of people nervous since, among many other things, she’s in favor
Last year the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, otherwise known as Calpers, cut the expected return on the funds it invests for plan beneficiaries from
For a while there it looked like the US and its main trading partners had finally achieved escape velocity. Growth was up, inflation was poking
“White privilege” is such a commonly accepted pillar of American society that it’s become material for comics. As Chris Rock tells his audience in the
Readers of a certain age will remember when state universities were a bit spartan but extremely cheap. Middle class families could send their kids to
Inflation is back, thanks to the past few years’ exuberant borrowing and currency creation. Meanwhile, populist politicians are gaining traction in Europe, threatening both the
When the history of these times is written, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan will be one of the major villains, but also one of the
In 1980, the US government – along with pretty much all of its peers – began borrowing at an accelerating rate. Note on the following
For what seems like decades, people have been warning that the next time some over-leveraged corner of the financial system implodes, bank and brokerage accounts
Jay Taylor’s Gold Energy & Tech Stocks Newsletter has unearthed some huge winners lately. Here’s an excerpt from his weekly update that concludes with three
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