The Inequality of Supply & Demand
Can it be balanced? All of us (people, businesses, government) exchange wealth (i.e., spend money) for needed goods and services. This is...
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- May 5
- 4 min
Solving the Student Loan Debt Problem
The Medicine Will be Difficult to Swallow There is a common misconception that forgiving student loan debt will be an economic boon for...
- Mar 22
- 4 min
Confused About the Source of Inflation?
Only if one chooses to ignore the obvious. For many centuries our ancestors thought that the stars and planets circled around the Earth,...
- Mar 1
- 2 min
I just sent Bitcoin to the Ukraine Government
Because we have been empowered Something profound is happening right now in the global financial space. In response to Russia’s invasion...
- Feb 27
- 5 min
I Found the James Webb Space Telescope With my 7-inch Telescope
One of these stars is actually the JWST Watch this time-lapse video to see which one it is The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is in...
- Feb 25
- 4 min
The Magic of Money
High Inflation is a Government Created Dark Spell It stands to reason, without scientific proof, that if as many as possible people...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 6 min
Capitalism and Angel Investors
“It is not from the benevolence of the angel investor that we expect our funding, but from their regard to their own interest.” (My...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
We Must Not Fear, Fear is the Wealth Killer
We cannot stay off the sand forever. In my prior blog “Paying People Not to Work”, I concluded: “There is a price to pay for shutting...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 6 min
Should You Invest in an ETF Holding Bitcoin Futures Contracts?
What Does Any of this Mean? An ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) is a collection of securities (stocks, bonds, whatever) that can be ...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
Political-Economics and Ted Lasso
Is this really the best way to solve complex problems? What is there not to like about Apple’s “Ted Lasso?” The very fictional story of...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 6 min
Crypto: Harnessing Labor and Wealth to Produce a Product
Which is what corporations normally do... While many consider the true purpose of corporations is to mistreat customers, pollute the...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 6 min
Who Sets Interest Rates?
If you answered, “that’s easy, the Federal Reserve,” guess again! The following statement is not true: “In the U.S., interest rates are...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
WTF is an NFT?
And why do they have value? NFT stands for “Non-Fungible Token,” which is, of course, gibberish. Fungible sounds a lot like fungus but...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
Do Extra Dollars Distort the Distribution of Wealth?
The data suggests yes. The government does not directly create wealth. No, wealth creation would be the output of productive private...
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
Short Selling and GameStop
The times they are a changing… As of Feb 1, 2021, the price of MSFT stock was $232 per share, with a market cap of $1.79 trillion....
- Dec 28, 2021
- 4 min
What Sets the Price of Stocks?
Exactly how did GameStop stock increase from $147 to $310 in one day? Like any other financial asset, the price of any publicly traded...
- Dec 27, 2021
- 4 min
Easy Money Buying and Selling U.S. Treasuries
The thirty year party is about to end. U.S. Treasury debt is a financial asset, unique in that it is backed by the full faith and...
- Dec 27, 2021
- 4 min
Paying People Not to Work
The cold, hard truth is that this is the worst economic decision that a society can make. Wealth will be gathered from all by devaluing...
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Understanding the Wealth Flow of Bonds
This piece assumes that you have read my two prior blogs pertaining to economics… Understanding the Wealth Flow of Real Estate...
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
Catching the Tail of a Meteor
This is what you missed last night Time to take a break from the “dreary science”, i.e., economics. One of my other hobbies is...