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 →

Data That Matters January 2016

Air pollution kills ~ 4,500,000 people annually. US forest fires cost a record $1.7B in 2015. Job growth has been Continue reading →

New Constitutional Convention

The US Constitution was written over two hundred years ago. Things have changed. Many people forget, however, that the Constitution 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 →

Components Of Sea Level Rise

Sea level rise has been measured for long enough to quantify the general trend. As more data comes in and Continue reading →

Doomsday Clock Unchanged

The Doomsday Clock that (arbitrarily) illustrates how close humanity is to an apocalypse remains stuck at three minutes to midnight. 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 →