Economics

"Strep Wednesday." Just a slight case, but I've been feeling lousy. Penicillin kicking in shortly, I hope. For today, just this: Gadgets That Will Save You Money [http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/342/gadgets-that-will-save-you-money/] . I normally click on these sites and see a bunch of

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Investment Decision: Dying White Guys or Growing Non-Whites? "If the growth rate of per capita income . . . between 2003 and 2050 remains as it was between 1973 and 2003--averaging 1.68 percent annually in Europe, the United States, and Canada and 2.47 percent annually in the rest of the

Grant a Bull An economics writer I trust is bullish. That, according to New York magazine. I like NYM, but I don't trust it. Awhile back, I remember they wrote about the sense of public service that prompts Goldman Sachs to require its executives to take government job

Calamity Insurance What percentage of your investments should be in precious metals? Of that percentage, should you count gold-mining stocks? Those are questions I struggle with. I don't really have any good benchmarks, but I've heard "no more than 10%" offered by mainstream investment

Commentary on the Never-Ending Economic Crisis I hardly consider myself a neo-con, but their flagship publication, Commentary, has some awfully good stuff occasionally. In the January 2010 issue, David M. Smick dissects the current monetary and public debt mess in great detail [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/a-never-ending-economic-crisis--15322] . It

Random Bill Bonner quotes. That guy slays me: "If markets do the work of God, as has been suggested, it is the God of the Old Testament, not the New." Bill Bonner "All major governments seem to have come together in some unholy socialism, but where are