Archive for July 2022
Another Airline Merger That Would Worsen Inflation
The JetBlue buyout of low-cost Spirit Airlines faces certain action from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust officials.
Read MoreBiden Talks Up the Economy, While the Fed Mashes It Down
Managing today’s economic crosscurrents is far from easy. The Fed is making things worse. So is Biden’s happy talk.
Read MoreThe Zombie Survival of Crypto
Will the Treasury rescue a scam sector just as it collapses of its own weight?
Read MoreGoing Postal
Progressives win some small victories. What will it take for them to add up to big victories?
Read MoreProtecting Rights Threatened by Clarence Thomas
The House took the first step yesterday. Will the Senate screw up a sure thing?
Read MoreBiden and the Trials of Job
Can Joe Biden keep the faith? Can we?
Read MoreThe Fed Is a One-Trick Pony
And hiking interest rates when real wages lag far behind inflation is a dirty trick.
Read MoreThe Speech Biden Needs to Give
All the conjecture about 2024 is diverting urgent attention from 2022.
Read MoreBiden’s Striptease on China Tariffs
Some aides keep hinting of coming cuts, while their leader dithers and sends mixed signals.
Read MoreCOVID as Metaphor
Beware the disabling potential of facile comparisons.
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