Is It 1984? Recovery = 12.8 Million People Not In The Labor Force
In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry of Truth is diligent in constructing and constantly reworking their version of reality to feed to the…
Stocks Surge To Record Highs On Worst Economic Growth In 3 Years
US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011 And this was the news of the…
Taxes – When Will Enough Be Enough?
As I finally simmer down from my yearly blood-curdling check-writing tantrum to square up with what my accountant says is due…
Thoughts & Musings on the Real Economy
Thoughts & Musings on the Real Economy For some time now it has been quite evident at least to some,…
Ukraine Fallout? Petro-Dollar Threatened
As touched on in previous posts, presently the US Dollar holds its status as the world’s reserve currency backed by…
It’s Not Just The Stock Market That’s Rigged
With last Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview of Michael Lewis regarding his new book, Flash Boys the meme that “the market…
Could Sanctions Against Russia Backfire?
As the effectiveness of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing fades, weakening its ability to buoy the markets and foster the illusion…
Obamacare : An Abomination – More Fodder
As first pointed out in a previous post : Obamacare:The Rule of Law or Lawlessness (complete with School House Rock videos) Once a…
The Data Right in Front of Your Eyes Exposes the Real Economy
On Friday morning my first glance at the CNBC app showed a headline reading to the effect: Market Mostly Unchanged…
Minimum Wage: Solution or Pacifier ?
Halfway through his second term as President, Barack Obama in his latest State of the Union Address announced his solution…