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The Ground Beneath US
Energy independence resurrects a timely, uncomfortable question: why do we treat the people who improve our country so poorly?


Help Me--and the U.S.--Define Poverty
Mollie Orshansky never meant to define poverty in American, but here we are.


Grandma, Inc.
Grandma's made me rethink our welfare policy.


A Weak Dollar
Having the global currency brings its own demise. Is the dollar's bad year a harbinger?


Debt. Death. Spiral.
One way to understand our debt problem is to stop talking in abstractions and start itemizing the bill.


End The Fed
Let's finally talk about the Boogeyman: the Federal Reserve. Original Proposal: The Creature From Jekyll Island -G. Edward Griffin Policy Recommendation: End the Fed.* I'm open to keeping the Fed as a lender of last resort should we have another COVID. Other than that, its got to go. We founded a new country because of a tax on our tea. Now most of us don't even know we're being charged the worst tax of all. Inflation is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It hides in boring bureaucr


Reciprocal Tariffs: A Misnomer of the Highest Degree
Trump's reciprocal tariffs aren't reciprocal or tariffs. On April 2nd, he held up a board claiming to show two things: the tariffs other...


Wages Are Higher Than Reported
Unpopular truth: inflation is less than stated, making income growth higher.


The Burger That Explains the World
McDonald's never meant to revolutionize economics, but the Big Mac has done exactly that.


The US Census: Political Power & $$
A headcount determines over a $T in aid and political power for the next decade. Here are its insights.


Blind Trusts
Before we get mad at another celebrity, can we first stop politicians from leaching millions from us?


Interpreting Voodoo
Macroeconomics was once described to me as voodoo. Nobody can agree on how it works.
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