This book is a worthy read for people who want to understand inflation, as opposed to simply yelling at it. It is authored by two...

This chart that appeared on my timeline reminded me of the travails of one of the victims of the 2008 crisis. For the uninitiated, the...

With January 30th's Fed decision, and the oceans of "analysis" and media blathering behind it, it's time to take a hard look at what the...

With apologies to Tip O'Neill, there's been some talk about housing costs finally trending down. Regular followers know I've been ranting...

The general public is often confused as to how the world works when it comes to economics (the responses to the monthly jobs reports is a...

One of the unappreciated parts of President Biden’s economic policies were the efforts to reduce the burden of costs on average citizens....

There have been some surprising results in past elections as well as this one, and there are some lessons to apply. I remember back in...

I was reminded the other day of the power of narrative in this country, and how disinformation promoted on a mass scale can lead a huge...

Years ago, when  I was employed in the mortgage business, a new way of mortgage underwriting was born: credit scoring. Prior to this,...

Carl Quintanilla of CNBC posted this chart on "X' for a conversation about gasoline prices. As I've mentioned before, as a percentage of...