Inflation For Goods Versus Services

Inflation is up or down, or moot. We need numbers to govern by, but every individual has a different set Continue reading →

Economic Oil Wars

The price of oil is plunging, for now. The story is never as simple as supply and demand. Decreased expenses for Continue reading →

New Idea Incubators Return

Call them startup factories, call them incubators, whatever you call them, the idea that ideas need fertile environments is not Continue reading →

Long Term Unemployed Count

Unemployed sounds like a simple label, but reality is more complicated. The data reflect simplicity, not reality. The longer you’ve Continue reading →

Living On The Financial Edge

As many as 24% of Americans have less than $250 in their bank account on payday. That includes the college Continue reading →

A Fracking Fan Warns Of Limits

Fracking happens because many people think it is a good idea (and many people are worrying about other things.) Even Continue reading →

A Housing Bubble Again

Oh no, say it ain’t so;  but, it looks like the same dysfunctional tactics and strategies that enabled the housing Continue reading →

More Homeless Children

Sad to say, but, with 1 in 6 Americans in poverty, some fraction of them will also be homeless. It Continue reading →