Expectations matter, we’re told. And they’re rising when it comes to prices. According to the April vintage of the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer
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Quick! Somebody Save This Place
“By the way, these presidents didn’t lead the changes as much as they were chosen by people who changed their approaches as they reacted to
You Are Not Capital. You Just Think You Are
It’s becoming apparent that between the general public’s apathy, aversion to what I’ll call “scare” words (e.g., “socialism” and “Progressive”) and a GOP that’s suddenly
What Does It Mean To Starve?
Back in February, I removed a reader comment from an article called “The Children Are Starving.” The article’s title was (deliberately) hyperbolic. I was making
If Enough People Read This, Hyperinflation Is Coming Next Week
Pernicious fictions You can feel the ground shifting. The pandemic forced the issue. Around this time last year, the veil was lifted on the charade
Bar Hopping & Bar Hoping
My heart may be “as cold as hockey gloves” (to quote one of the most underrated street poets of the last two decades) but as
The Wealth Tax And Our Shared Insanity
I’d describe my life as a largely stress-free endeavor. Attaining serenity wasn’t easy. At first, it involved waving goodbye (forever) to dear friends like Laphroaig.
Stimulus And The Tyranny Of ‘Practicality’
The House passed Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion virus relief bill early Saturday. It was not a bipartisan affair. There was no Republican support and two
How Bitcoin Can Replace The Dollar
I’m hardly the first person to suggest what I’m about to suggest and I’m not the first person to draw the parallels I’m about to
Gamblers
Folks are worried about stock trading. Specifically, too much of it. A nebulous adage cautions against “too much of a good thing.” But I’m not
The Children Are Starving
On behalf of the millions of children currently living in poverty in the US, allow me to remind you that… well, that there are millions
The ‘Revolution’ Robinhood And Reddit Are Looking For Happened Years Ago
“Robinhood investors’ evident lack of skill in aggregate is consistent with commission-free investors behaving as uninformed noise traders,” reads a new academic paper by Oklahoma
‘Anger’: WallStreetBets, GameStop, Robinhood Drama Becomes National Scandal
Any hope that America would regain its senses and become collectively sane again following one of the most tumultuous periods for the country in at
Inside The Bubble
Years ago, an episode of Family Guy (the edgy cartoon sitcom) featured a subplot that revolved around a local news segment called “What Really Grinds
