Among the mega-forces moving the tectonic plates and imperiling the nation-states of the world from above and below are these: First, ethno-nationalism, which threatens nations ...
If the Dow plunges a thousand points in 10 minutes, what should we do about it? Other than scrape that brown stuff off the insides of our underpants as we contemplate the wreckage ...
"It never seems to amaze me" (as P Diddy once said) how confidently people speak about something as incredibly complex as healthcare. They know America spends more on ...
No, you don’t have to be clever or intelligent to either get or be rich. Some achieve great wealth via the Lucky Sperm Club, others through just being in the right place at ...
What’s wrong with American trade? In short, the people America has negotiating its trade agreements. One Robert E. Lighthizer, a deputy trade rep under Reagan, took to the ...
Despite the pain of the past year and a half, will the signs of what smacks of a second Gilded Age "continue on their merry way," as one Vanity Fair editor recently ...
In the 20th century, Detroit, Mich., symbolized American industrial might. Today it symbolizes the offshored economy. Detroit's population has declined by half. A quarter of the ...
I certainly don"t know much about investing, but I can give you one solid tip: don"t bet in the movie box office futures market. Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald ...
Much as it pains me to do so I fear that I must praise a left leaning economist. Dean Baker, please stand up and take your bow. He’s told the truth, always a bad career move ...
Much of international discourse, international politics, is all about how they should become more like us. Quite how they should become more like us depends upon the speaker: if ...
Happy news! The government has come up with a 5.9 percent GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. The recession is over. Or is it? Statistician John Williams has informed ...
We inherited the worst situation since the Great Depression. That is the reflexive response of President Obama to the troubles from which he has been unable to extract his ...
I think we’ve found the secret of Paul Krugman you know. No, really, an excellent little piece in the New Yorker gives us what we need to analyze the great man. Yes, he is ...
They are called the PIGS—Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain. What they have in common is that all are facing deficits and debts that could bring on national defaults and break ...
Readers ask if the financial crisis is over, if the recovery is for real and, if not, what are Americans" prospects. The short answer is that the financial crisis is not over, ...
“Elections don’t matter!” conservatives have long groused. “No matter who you vote for, things never change.” Well, we may have an exception ...
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