Category Archives: Economy
Global Cooling and Other Guesses for 2014
Today we break from the past, and leap over the present, to focus our attention on the 12 months ahead. There’s a New Year in front of us and we step into it with excitement and anticipation. What will 2014 … Continue reading
Buck Butler’s Doggone Miracle
Not long ago, about the time of the financial crisis in 2008, the U.S. faced grim prospects of an interminable energy crisis. U.S. oil production had peaked in 1970 at about 9.6 million barrels per day. It had been in … Continue reading
Where Does the Money Come From?
This week revealed fresh evidence that things may get worse for the economy before they get better. Obviously, this is not the direction we’d wish to see things go. But rarely do we get what we wish for. This new … Continue reading
Tomato Economics
No one quite understands what’s going on with the economy as far as we can tell. Looking to government reports for answers doesn’t help much either. In fact, the government’s economic data actually generates more questions than answers. For instance, … Continue reading
