MIB: Why Capitalism is Not Working for Majority of Americans
From the build-up to the bubble peak to the collapse and the subsequent government rescue, all financial crises have “the same basic...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 11.9.18
Succinct Summation of the Week’s Events Positives: 1. Midterm elections are over! Markets liked the idea of divided government and...
2018 Midterms, Economically Adjusted
On Monday, we discussed the counterfactual: “Imagine a president, any president — party is of little importance here. He or she...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 11.2.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending November 2nd, 2018 Positives: 1. Non-farm payrolls rose 250k m/o/m; Unemployment unchanged at...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 10.26.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending October 26th, 2018 Positives: 1. GDP came in at 3.5% for Q3, 2 tenths higher than expected 3.3%....
World’s Most Valuable Retail Brands 2018
Source: How Much Here is the short list: Top 10 Most Valuable Retail Brands 1. Amazon: $151B 2. Walmart: $61B 3. Alibaba: $55B...
Ways the GFC is Still Affecting Society
From bank bailouts to rock-bottom interest rates, the fallout influenced economics, politics and even the rise of Bitcoin over the past...
U.S. ranks 25th for men and 32nd for women when it comes to...
Source: Washington Post This is intriguing: “The desire to climb arbitrary ranking ladders seems to be an innate...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 10.19.18
Succinct Summations for the week ending October 19th, 2018 Positives: 1. Initial Jobless Claims came in at 210k for the week, down 5k...
Impacts of Climate Change
Cool set of graphics from CarbonBrief showing data from 70 peer-reviewed climate studies to show how global warming is projected to...