Monthly Archives: August, 2013

Summer Job(less)

Employment as a percent of the population is near 1970s levels. That's a lot of unused productive capacity going to waste here in the...

Gold as Good as it Ever Was

It’s hard for many so-called “elite” economists to think about gold as an asset, probably because they’ve devoted so much of their careers to...

After Disrupting Publishing, Internet sets its Sights on Education

The most disruptive force in economics over the last two decades has obviously been the internet. But the revolutions created by the web are...

American Heart Surgery: 67 Times More Expensive than in India

Health care costs are extreme in America, without cost cutting like Devi Shetty is doing with his chain of hospitals in India, it looks...

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Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life Like They Are?

In my conversation with you, we talked about how...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

How’s Your Margin of Safety for Fixed Income?

You might be getting flooded with emails about “guaranteed”...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

I know that you know Vanguard lowered its fees...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit Ukraine this week...

Startups Challenge China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Robert Wright of the Financial Times reports that HyProMag,...

Turkey’s Energy Dilemma: Coal Reliance vs. Nuclear Ambition

Gavin Maguire of Reuters reports that Turkey, Europe's top...

Trump Urges Europe to Boost Defense Spending

John Paul Rathbone of the Financial Times reports that...

Bleeding Cash: How Tariffs Could Push Chinese Firms to the Brink

According to Hannah Miao of The Wall Street Journal,...