…I’ll quickly go through each in turn. Stock Market Crash The story here is straightforward. The price-to-earnings ratios in the stock market are near their 1990s bubble peak, even as most projections…

“refining and focusing on what works and what doesn’t.” Sharing a commentary as taken from The one-handed economist. The market share of economics Some economists have called our discipline the…

…of market commentary is usually something that is best done by business economists who are focusing on the day-to-day stuff talking to market participants. But I think that the latest…

…for 2010 and beyond, feel free. Just be sure to tell your readers.) Yes, this means that the Pub presidents get blamed for 2009, but so does the Democratic congress…

…2018 being the bankruptcy date): The fact that social security benefits are not correlated with the stock market – or the bond/ housing markets for that matter – is another…

…ability to continue holding free and fair elections culminating in a peaceful transfer of power. They instead offered endless solicitude for the former president who fought the transfer of power….

…off by restricting free market transactions. The theorem does not say the market outcome is the best possible for everyone, just that interventions will help some people and hurt others….

…company profits. I would guess that the individual health insurance market is quite competitive and the profit rate, while probably higher than in group markets due to bargaining power, is…

…Market Dominant and Competitive. Market Dominant products and services are those in which the Postal Service “dominates the marketplace” as a result of its two monopolies — the letter monopoly,…

…to lower prices and better product by many. Does this occur naturally, freely, when two companies share 75% of a market? Or if one company has 50% market share, with…