Weekend 196.0
(1) Bookish Good Looks (WSJ) My favorite look is a collected-over-time weave of hardbacks, sculpture, mementos, art and bookends—the bits and pieces of a curious and full life. And the Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Economics
More from Aerotropolis…
…or red courtesy phone for Mr. Friedman. “The aerotropolis and authoritarians go hand in hand. The first is a city built from scratch to chase economies of speed; the second Continue Reading →
Connecticut Taxes
(1) Has Connecticut taken a hard turn to the left? (2) Connecticut About To Adopt Amazon Internet Sales Tax (2a) Tax Hikes On Cars, Planes, Jewelry and Drags In Connecticut Continue Reading →
Weekend 179.0
(1) China’s train wreck (2) The Disappearing Dollar (3) Is “Conservative Environmentalist” an Oxymoron?
Weekend 177.0
(1) Best feet forward: Fairfield forum for cyclists, walkers (Fairifeld Citizen) (2) The Sleepless Elite: Why Some People Can Run on Little Sleep and Get So Much Done (Wall Street Continue Reading →
The Republic’s Bernanke
(1) The Inflation Solution? A wise short seller once told us the secret of his profession: People always underestimate how bad things can get. That is, they see the cliff Continue Reading →
The Policy of Inflation
Companies Stock Up as Commodities Prices Rise (WSJ) The present valuation will often depend on what people expect the future quantity of money to be. And, as with commodities on Continue Reading →
NY Times on Government Perversion
Jury duty. You endure CNN and watch some crappy video about how judges don’t legislate from the bench. I don’t typically use my blog to rant so I’ll spare all Continue Reading →
Weekend 167.1
(1) Coffee, Cotton, Cocoa Surge
Barrel of Reality (& CRZ Update)
The OPEC Bailout Is Not Happening The oil cartel is making it known that it is cool with $100 oil and will not act unless prices move significantly higher and Continue Reading →