…slowing the descent of home prices — is either a detail or a distraction. Let me say this slowly, so even a NYT reporter can understand it: If you are…

…market price by removing our demands from the foreign market. Maybe that will put incursions into Georgia out of the cost/benefit range of the Russians.” CBO Director Spencer: “The question…

by rdan Suppose I paid you for every pound of pollution you generated and punished you for every pound you reduced. You would probably spend most of your time trying…

Op ed by rdan Oil and gas companies should “use or lose” access to the 68 million publicly held acres where they can currently drill but aren’t. There’s no reason…

…The basic understanding is that in a competitive marketplace the price of the item will fall until the marginal cost of producing the next copy of the item will equal…

Reader sammy notes: I was just thinking maybe the solution to some health care costs is less insurance, not more. I have health insurance via an HMO, but I often…

…this. The value of the entire U.S. Treasuries market: $4.5 trillion. The value of the entire mortgage market: $7 trillion. The size of the U.S. stock market: $22 trillion. OK,…