The Folly of America’s Mushrooming Debt | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe late historian Barbara Tuchman, in her work The March of Folly, chronicles how governments throughout history have regularly and…Dec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020
Pandemic, Insolvency and Inflation? — Jackson Hole EconomicsFollowing the Thanksgiving weekend, the US is experiencing a spike in daily recorded COVID-19 cases well above the summer’s previous highs…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Inflation is the election outcome Americans can count onMillions of Americans awoke today knowing only what they knew before: that the nation is fractured down the middle, the 2020 election is…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
The Most Contentious Election Ever | Jackson Hole EconomicsIt has been called the most contentious and controversial US presidential election ever. The nation never seemed more divided. Throughout…Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
The Spectre of Inflation | Jackson Hole EconomicsFor economists, tales of hyperinflations are the academic equivalent of a reading of the Apocalypse in the book of Revelation. They are…Aug 4, 2020Aug 4, 2020
Winter Is Coming | Jackson Hole Economics“Winter is Coming” is a widely recognized phrase from the popular TV show Game of Thrones. It is also the title of an important, if…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
How Should Leaders Decide? | Jackson Hole EconomicsWhen Shakespeare had King Henry IV sleeplessly mutter, “ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” the Bard was speaking a human truth…May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
Will COVID-19 Derail the African Century?Africa’s high urban population densities, high numbers of day workers, and weak medical systems would seem to make it highly vulnerable to…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
