New Hampshire’s Unknown Billionaire: Keep it Simple Stupid
Turns out not all the money in the world is made by sexy tech companies. Keep it simple stupid.
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Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Matthew...
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...
Welcome to Stagnation
I would scrap corporate taxes all together. It’s the fastest way to kick-start this economy. As Art Laffer and Nicholas Drinkwater point out at...
Profits Looking Toppy: Will Margins Crumble?
We've been pointing out for some time that after tax corporate profits as a percentage of GDP were much higher than their historical average,...
Summers: Best of the Bad Choices
The top two candidates to replace the money printer in chief (Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke) next January are former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers...
Pros vs. Joes Investing
Are you a bearish pro or a bullish Joe? Last week we showed you a chart from BlackRock displaying just how poorly the average...
Hedge Fund Ad Blitz
Get ready for the hedge fund ad blitz because soon they'll be in your living room selling their wares. Don't believe the hype. You...
Regulation Doesn’t Prevent Bubbles
For years Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been telling Americans that regulation can stem the growth of bubbles in an economy. China’s real-estate...