Andrew Ross Sorkin has brought the great crash back to life with another bestseller, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History—And How It Shattered a Nation. Sorkin’s telling of the financial debacle focuses on a few individual stories
Wild About Harry
Jon Ralston tells you most everything you need to know about Nevada’s most prominent politician in his very readable new book The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
Uncertain Money and Uncertain Times
“Crypto is so ruggable,” digital asset enthusiast turned prediction market devotee Nikshep Saravanan told Bloomberg. “People are tired of the game.”
Inflation Makes You Do What You Have To Do
Strip workers are auditioning to strip.
NYC Cheers Socialism, California Billionaires Run From It
Who will pay for NYC’s socialism.
Tariffs Run Whiskey River Dry
Jim Beam stops production due to tariff uncertainty.
Trump Goes Hoover
Trump evidently can’t connect the dots between the last time rates were pushed below 1% and the 9.1% annual rate of price inflation.
California Thievin'
SEIU in California seeks to tax billionaires’ net worth.
Trying to Outrun Inflation With Speculation
Paper and digital money are light as a feather. Speculations can land with a thud.
Greed Makes Bankers' Brians Turn to Mush
Tricolor failure exposes bankers’ weaknesses.
Silver: London Calling
Silver squeeze has London traders scrambling.
Las Vegas Apartment rents plunge
Cheap money spurred apartment building in Las Vegas. Now there are too many units.
Libertarian? Melei asks Uncle Sam for a Bailout
Argentina rattles its tin cup at Uncle Sam.
Gundlach on Gold
A lower dollar will lead to higher gold prices, says Jeffrey Gundlach.
Another "Lone Nut"
Murray Rothbard questioned the lone nut thesis.
Trouble, Right Here in Sin City
Las Vegas visitation has been down for 6 months straight.
Rothbard on Billionaires
Murray always told us billionaires are kooks.
Las Vegas Chokes the Golden Goose
Benny Binion rolls over in his grave as Sin City prices itself out of the tourist market
Not Too Short, Not Too Late, Maria Would be just right for Fed Chair
Remember that when Trump took office in 2017, the very dovish Janet Yellen was Fed Chair. But he thought she was too short. So, he picked Jerome Powell who he now calls a “major loser,” a “stubborn mule” and a “numbskull.”
Silver Price Shows What Government Has Done to Our Money
Gas prices are actually lower in silver terms.