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“How big is the sun? We just heard right this minute a million of our earths could all fit right in it.” Those words can be found in Dr. Seuss children’s book There’s No Place Like Space: All About…
When I was younger, I used to be able to dunk a basketball. Jerome Powell just admitted that he was baffled that inflation has not come down. According to the Labor Department, wholesale…
Fewer dollars will stretch much further in the future at the same time that the interaction of old people with retirement will change profoundly. More and more will choose work. This truth can…
Bernanke’s belief that the Fed’s efforts to foster fake Treasury yields, fake equity and corporate bond prices, more housing consumption, and a weaker dollar are remarkable not just for how much his…
I like the stories about how media used to be. Calvin Trillin has been at it since the 1950s, which means his book, ‘The Lede’, is full of old columns by him remembering the massive expense accounts…
Christi Noem needs some love. I’ve read the excerpts from her book, I knew exactly what she was talking about. Responsible people make hard decisions. Nobody wants to shoot a dog, but…
Mark Helprin tells Barton Swaim that Russia, China and Iran are making enormous strides in South America, “’and we can’t allow them to do that. If South America goes, we’re done.’” Really? How?
What the CFPB plainly misses is that a lack of information is costly, and it is to borrower and lender, credit card holder and issuer, and certainly for renter and landlord alike.
It’s a waste of words to say that every business must make money in order to remain in business. Banks are no different.
The problem for white collar workers and “intelligentsia” is not AI, but that its genius isn’t being felt fast enough.
To say that many prices were higher in the aftermath of a Key Bridge-equivalent collapse on a global scale in 2020 insults statement of the obvious. Of course prices were and are higher, and of…
There’s always lots of disagreement about immigration, and much less about migration. Many would agree that at least historically, New York was the final test for ambitious Americans.
What these substantial investments signal is that while their critics view Meta, Google and Microsoft as monopolies, they plainly don’t feel that way.
Joseph Epstein has been writing really great books and columns for years, including one on gambling in the Wall Street Journal last week. He’s always entertaining, and his autobiography is no…
It’s always tough after college basketball season ends. College football doesn’t start until late August. I go into withdrawal. I need something to watch. Thankfully, this year…
Just leave businesses alone. Harassing them doesn’t suddenly take on noble qualities when it’s Republicans doing the harassing.
Deese naturally makes the laughable claim that Chinese production is not about demand, and that its people are yet again producing too much.
Gold continues to close at record-setting prices. In the past six months alone, the metal is up almost 25% — now costing as much as $2,400 per ounce.
Trump’s delusions, and the gnashing of the teeth of his critics, are yet another reminder that the Fed’s powers over interest rates are vastly overstated.
Inflation is yet again a decline in the value of the unit of measure, a decline that can result in higher consumer prices.
Whatever you do best, whatever you love to do — the market for fun is set for a massive bull run. Get in early.
Our aim is to convince Americans to think harder about home ownership as the endgame, its frequently unspoken opportunity costs, and how much ownership of property encumbers our pursuit of…
I’m kind of proud of myself. I don’t want to bore y’all with another article on fiscal mismanagement in Richmond, Virginia, but I’ve had a mini-brainstorm. I am sure…
If the Seattle giant is unequal to the future, this will be revealed in the marketplace. For now, how foolhardy for media members to harass Amazon’s present efforts to discover the future.
