“Popularism” as Farce
Popularism is slowly being revealed as a farce, a grift of the uneducated, low information voter, coopted to vote in many ways against...
Compare Recessions and Recoveries via Employment and Output
This tool from the Minneapolis Fed is crazy cool: Change in US Employment: Recoveries Source: Minneapolis Fed If you go to...
Top 0.1% Holds Same Amount of Wealth as Bottom 90%
Source: Deutsche Bank Research We all know income inequality is pretty wide in the USA, but the wealth ownership data via DB is...
Dangers of a Fact-Free America
@TBPInvictus here: When did America lose interest in reality? There was a time that economic releases from government agencies –...
The End of World Poverty is in Sight
Blame technology, globalization and labor arbitrage: There is a huge distinction between progress in the Third world — these are...
Inflation and Japan’s Ever-Tightening Labor Market
Inflation and Japan’s Ever-Tightening Labor Market Bianca De Paoli, Thomas Klitgaard, and Harry Wheeler Japan offers a preview of...
The Good, the Ugly, and the Average
Later today, I am interviewing Ruchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets. This graphic was...
Yes, We Can “Make America Great Again”
Future of Manufacturing Source: Wonkblog It doesn’t matter who gets elected today — nobody is going to bring...
More Good News on Wages
There’s a Raise in Your Future U.S. average hourly earnings change in private sector We interrupt this interminable election...