A note on Middle Eastern turmoil and gas and oil prices  – by New Deal democrat While we wait for producer and consumer inflation data later this week, here’s a…

…which spilled over into stock prices and wealth-effect related consumer spending by the affluent. The war, and in particular, the resulting oil prices shock is unlikely to have any big…

Brief review on the Oil Situation created by Trump and the US. Another week of consequential developments, including a potential new chair at the Fed and more war delivering higher…

With Trump messing around with the Middle East, the United States is experiencing higher oil and gasoline pricing. I believe the US is still blocking the Strait of Hormuz. The…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…oil was positive. Around 1980 one of the CFA exam economic questions was how did higher oil prices impact the dollar. The correct answer was that since oil was denominated…

rdan Finfacts From 1995 to 2008, the annual US trade deficit with China grew from $34 to $266 billion, accounting for virtually all of the increase in the US non-oil…

…in Caspian Sea oil exports. Seems the larger producers of oil on the sea are Azerbaijan (bordering Georgia) and Kazakhstan on the west coast. Viewing a map the Caspian Sea…