9 of the 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions over the decade, have been announced; it looks bad. Because there are 6 Ds and 6 Rs, 1 member…
Mexico is now the #1 supplier of methaphetamines in the US. Two reasons: a crackdown on marijuana eradication in Mexico has pushed producers there into synthetic drugs like meth which can be made more discreetly, can be produced in just…
The July jobs report showed 117K new jobs, but the report also showed no rise in temporary help, no jump in hours worked, no bump in overtime. And, annualized wage growth of 2.8% in July was less that the 3.4%…
The stock market has fallen by about 10% in the last two weeks, destroying about $2 trillion of wealth. If the market does not rebound quickly this will cut GDP by about $70 billion; half a percent. Here’s why. Suppose…
Faced with a no new taxes or a debt default ultimatum from the Tea Party, Obama should have either called their bluff and appeared genuinely willing to let the US default or should have pursued the 14th amendment option with…
No future for pork bellies: Two weeks ago at the ripe old age of 50, pork belly futures passed away. Once the most popular and glamorous contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange it was also the first involving livestock. But,…
New census data show metro areas booming while Rural America empties out. The share of people living in rural areas over the past decade fell to 16%, from 20% and from 72% (yes, 72%) in 1910. Conversely, 51% of people…
