Archive for November 2022
One More French Lesson—Le Drugstore
In France, pharmacy chains are illegal. The result: local ownership, better service, and more price competition.
Read MoreThe New York Times Is in the Tank for Crypto
There is far too much cheerleading and not nearly enough skeptical reporting.
Read MoreHow Fed Policies Burn Housing
Higher interest rates raise housing costs to consumers in multiple ways—the opposite of the Fed’s anti-inflation goals.
Read MoreThe Fed’s Thanksgiving Turkey
Misleading reports on the rising cost of dinner are feeding the Fed’s appetite for more perverse rate hikes.
Read MoreBankman and the Bastardization of Bankruptcy
He gets to cheat his customers, write off debts, and then keep control of his company? (Yup, that’s how bankruptcy often works for big dogs.)
Read MoreSam Bankman-Fried: A Common Crook
With luck, his fall will take the whole crypto sector with him.
Read MoreDemocracy in America and Israel
What will it take to hold onto it? The parallels and cross-influences are ominous.
Read MoreThe Federal Reserve’s Overkill
The central bank needs to take a pause and give its past rate hikes time to work.
Read MoreThe Other Form of Long COVID
How the pandemic sets back children’s learning
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