The simple truth is that genius is rarely transferable, and the fact that it isn’t can almost certainly be found in TikTok’s resistance to a sale.
TikTok Without ByteDance Is Like Belichick Without Brady Read More »
Freddie Mac quietly seeks approval from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to back second mortgages. If approval is granted, the U.S. economy will suffer.
The Swagger of Freddie Mac Is Not Its Own. Keep It Out of 2nd Mortgages Read More »
“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 Our Solar System.
The Theory of Global Warming Versus the Rhymes of Dr. Seuss Read More »
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 similarly be found in nominally low savings for the future.
A Lack of Savings Is the Surest Sign There’s No Retirement Crisis Read More »
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?
Mark Helprin Is the Embodiment of MMT, Foreign Policy Edition Read More »
It’s a waste of words to say that every business must make money in order to remain in business. Banks are no different.
When Retailers Attack Banks, They’re Attacking Themselves Read More »
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 course they will be as producers around the world feverishly work to fix what panicky politicians broke. Just please don’t call this inflation.
Write It Down: Historians Will Conclude 2021-Present Was Not Inflation Read More »
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.
If I Can Make It In the United States, I Can Make It Anywhere Read More »
What these substantial investments signal is that while their critics view Meta, Google and Microsoft as monopolies, they plainly don’t feel that way.
Google, Meta and Microsoft Apparently Didn’t Get the ‘Monopoly’ Memo Read More »
Deese naturally makes the laughable claim that Chinese production is not about demand, and that its people are yet again producing too much.
No, Brian Deese, There’s Never a Problem of Too Much Production Read More »
