Nuclear Weapons Persist

The Cold War may be over; but Mutually Assured Destruction continues to be a possibility. Whether through a super-power’s actions Continue reading →

Artificial Intelligence Invests

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to mature. Computer-enabled trading has been active for decades, and has grown more sophisticated. The two Continue reading →

US Jobs Up And Down

There’s good news in the US economy. Unemployment finally dropped below 5%. Ironically, it happened while job growth was less Continue reading →

Art Investments Slow

A slowdown in the art world usually isn’t included in economy analyses, but art has become an investment alternative somewhat Continue reading →

Coal Hits New Low

America is using less coal, has actually retreated to levels from 1970, and is no longer the leading source of Continue reading →

Japanese Negative Interest Rate

Negative interest rates happen when assets are accumulating and not circulating. They were imposed by some governments in Europe in Continue reading →

We Reached Peak Stuff

The head of sustainability at Ikea has declared that we’ve reached Peak Stuff. That’s an interesting assertion from a furniture Continue reading →

Sentient Trees

The more we learn about trees, the more it seems that they communicate with each other, and possibly think. The Continue reading →