The Big Picture

With 3 weeks to go before the midterm elections, I wanted to take a look at some interesting data points: We think of elections as being...

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Sears through the years: The rise and fall of a retail giant (Los Angeles Times) see...

From Torsten Slok: Here is a number for your dinner conversation tonight: Did you know that the US government last year on average paid...

Following the alarming disappearance of a Saudi journalist and political dissident, John Oliver examines America’s uncomfortably...

What range of ideas are tolerated in public discourse? How and why do previously forbidden ideas and behavior that were once verboten,...

The Stock-Market Meltdown That Everyone Saw Coming At least they saw it coming with the benefit of hindsight. The reality is, the...

My Sears-free morning train reads: • Stocks Are Cheap: They’re the least expensive in seven years, according to the so-called PEG...

According to Jonathan Miller, very little: The Stock Market Corrected, What Does It Mean For Housing? First: the stock market is not...

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A Bloomberg column I referenced in Thursday’s reads has a few huge graphics; this one in particular I wanted to make sure no one...