Central bankers pursue a “neutral” rate that doesn’t exist.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Brexit Is Good News for Those in the Business of War
Arms merchants are lining up deals in anticipation of Brexit.
Chinese Growth: A Balancing Act
What is driving the slow-down in Chinese growth and what are the implications for Chinese policymakers and the global economy?
Minnesota Winters Ain’t What They Used To Be
Wimpy winters are the new normal.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Howard Schultz, AOC, DSA brakelight clinics, taxes and capital investment, manufacturing, lithium, Walmart, Caterpillar, Uber, Amazon, China’s Theranos of robot cars, sky wonders, ancient jellyfish, water, labor and ending the shutdown, billionaires, neanderthals
Global Gains on Right to Repair
The right to repair movement is growing — not just in the US, but in the EU, Australia, and New Zealand as well.
Private Equity Expert Dr. Ashby Monk Repudiates CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Private Equity Scheme During and Immediately After Presentation at CalPERS
CalPERS can’t even get friendly private equity experts to back Marcie Frost’s hare-brained scheme.
How This Oil Refiners Group Rallied GOP Governors’ Support for Trump’s Rollback of Auto Standards
The story of how oil refiners group marshalled the support of Republican governors behind the Trump administration’s rollback of CAFE auto emissions standards.
Vital Economic Data Was Likely Lost During the Shutdown – Here’s Why It Matters to All Americans
Another shutdown cost….
Confirming Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Confirming our first Fort Lauderdale meetup! I hope those of you in Florida can come by.
7th Circuit Rules Age Discrimination Law Does Not Include Job Applicants
Seventh Circuit hands down major age discrimination decision holding that federal disparate impact protection does not extend to job applicants and applies to employees only.
Marshall Auerback: In Antitrust, Size Isn’t Everything
Simply breaking up monopolies via century-old economic remedies recommended by antitrust doctrine is insufficient if it is not accompanied by a rebalancing of economic power.
