I forgot the flour. In the grand scheme of things, trivial really. In the grand scheme of the lasagna I was making from scratch, it was a …
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Weekly Digest: Businesses Are Using QR Codes to Track Us
Plus the EU Goes to War With Big Tech Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in …
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The Fed Admits It’s Been Lying About Inflation
Apparently, it was all just a lie—this whole “inflation is transitory” caca-doo the Federal Reserve has been feeding the world for the last …
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Why I’m Super-Bullish on Crypto
I pulled out my magical Way Back Machine for today’s dispatch. Our destination: June 29, 2007. It’s a Friday. The Standard & Poor’s …
An Economic Hurricane is Looming on the Horizon
Testing the generator and filling a few spare gas cans… Those were the primary checks on my to-do list when I lived …
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In Debt They Trust: The Fed’s Crippling Addiction to Cheap Money
Let’s see if we’ve got this right: The U.S. economy is roaring ahead…yet it’s too weak to stand on its own, so the Federal Reserve needs to …
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Weekly Digest: Earning Big Returns on Real Estate in Europe
Plus BlockFi Faces Scrutiny From Regulators Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of …
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What Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Get About Crypto
My Open Letter to the Crypto Naysayers Note to Readers: If anyone knows Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, maybe slip her a …
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We Need to Talk About a Difficult Topic
70% of Us Would End Up Using This Kind of Insurance If you do not wish to contemplate your own mortality, please turn away now. …
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Why Your Retirement Check From Uncle Sam Should Be $7,831 Per Month
“Every time you earn a nickel, someone takes a dime.” That was my grandmother’s favorite way of complaining about the cost of living in …
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