Although measuring teenage employment during the months when school is out, these numbers from the Cleveland Fed highlight a depressing story when…
I got a call from a financial advisor this morning, and he had seen a calculation that with zero percent interest financing and all the price cuts…
Two weeks ago, I played MC at a day long conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Among the talks was a look at returns to schooling…
Hardly anyone disagrees with this statement: The nation's tax system is a mess. The U.S. tax code is riddled with far too many deductions, credits,…
The Little Book Big Priofits series is terrific. The books are short, well-written by Wall Street luminaries, and deal with important investment…
Want to silence a group of colleagues at work or friends at dinner? Heap praise on speculators–and the market bubbles they help create….
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com is out with his latest forecast. It's gloomy. He is well worth following:…
The jump in the unemployment rate from 5% to 5.5% is bad news. So is the sickening $12 spike in oil prices….
It's easy to get depressed about the economy with oil prices at nosebleed levels, food at the grocery store increasingly expensive and home prices…
Sorry I have been absent for awhile. But I have several thoughts to blog about over the coming week. To start off, here are some musing aboyt…
