The Cato Institute's Laughable Conceit
We've been down this road before, but the "Merchants of Doubt" are at it again. Time was when "Think Tanks" like the Cato Institute were...
Job Numbers Break Records. Very Little Changes.
Since the Great Financial Crisis, the economy has been subject to more anxious scrutiny than at any time in my life, replete with awful...
Dispelling a Myth, Or Two, Or Three
Encountering opinions on financial and social media means running into a lot of misconceptions about the economy. How they gain so much...
Wanted: New Tools For Controlling Inflation-Especially When There Isn't Any
A chart I posted (showing Fed Funds to initial unemployment claims, reproduced here) showed the relationship between rising rates and...
Protecting Yourself Against Fraud
Every time I hear about someone in the investment industry violating their trust, I read about the details of the fraud, and can only be...
Revisiting Old Haunts
I've written about 80 pieces for LinkedIn, (and this website) and I thought I would take a look back to see how they've held up. What...
A Better Deal Than Annuities
In the universe of investment products marketed to the retail investor, few present as poor a value as the annuity. Many a salesperson's...
Revisiting Retail Real Estate
One of the areas I've avoided investing in for the past few years is retail based real estate. I wrote about this issue some time ago....
On General Electric's Downfall
Few companies in American or even global history have a story to tell like General Electric. From its founding by one of the legends of...
The Old Remedies Won't Work
A debilitating nostalgia for the past permeates our economics today. There is a longing for simpler times and it occurs to me that it's...
