Category: Reflections

British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is all the rage these days. Time magazine rated him the number 1 economist of the 20th century, and …

I was born in Michigan. I now live in California. Those two states are currently the biggest screwups on the economic landscape. Was it something …

I live in a leafy, ravined residential section of Raleigh, North Carolina. Our neighborhood, a couple of miles from downtown and close to a major …

In a widely-quoted interview, popular investment newsletter publisher Marc Faber told Bloomberg: I am 100% sure that the u.S. will go into hyperinflation. The problem …

Waterboarding is back in the news. Whether for or against, Cheney, Pelosi, and Obama have all been struggling to find the proper spin for decisions …

You’ve no doubt seen the public service announcement on television that states that in America one person out of eight is currently going hungry. A …

President Obama made the derisive comment, “If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality healthcare, if they tell us that they’re offering …

A recent story in the L.A. Times caught my attention, because it addresses an issue I have written a good deal about and it has …

In the tax reform debate, those who favor the flat tax have a decisive advantage: many countries now actually have flat tax systems, and we …

The first black president remains popular despite dubious economic policies, while the first black governor in New York state is unpopular, notwithstanding his more responsible …