Economics

The Bubble and the Boom

FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: AI is both a speculative surge and a brutally real transition. Which will be the story that sticks?

Dec 21, 2025 • Dan Perry

Trump’s Pathetic Putin Worship

The ultimate, definitive, comprehensive, authoritative analysis of why Trump bows before the authoritarian war criminal Putin.

Nov 24, 2025 • Dan Perry

The Avatar of Avarice

Elon Musk organizes another trillion dollars for himself, courtesy of troubled Tesla. How can it possibly be? The answer lies in the utter madness that…

Nov 20, 2025 • Dan Perry

Trump has an infantile view of trade and investment. MBS seemed very much amused.

Nov 19, 2025 • Dan Perry

Could it be a conspiracy against America?

Now Trump is trying to chase away skilled workers with $100k visas. When policies are this stupid, you have to wonder whether sabotage is actually the…

Sep 20, 2025 • Dan Perry

SCOTUS at the Rubicon

Will the Supreme Court validate Trump's illegal tariffs?

Sep 9, 2025 • Dan Perry

A Trumpy shadow over Tianjin

India's Modi, livid at the legally dubious US tariffs, cozies up to Xi and Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Will the US Supreme…

Sep 1, 2025 • Dan Perry

The Idiot’s Guide to How Not to Run a Country

WEEKEND BRIEFING: From sending troops to cities and fiddling intel to messing with museums, money, companies and elections, Trump's authoritarian circus…

Aug 24, 2025 • Dan Perry

The tariffs lie that just won’t die

Trump’s reckless trade war is based on a total misunderstanding of economics. Is he aware of it? Is he lying or clueless? No one seems to know.

Jul 14, 2025 • Dan Perry

Trump's playing with fire at the Fed

This particular crusade against institutional norms could be especially ... costly

Jul 9, 2025 • Dan Perry

The capitalist case against extreme inequality

Mistakes like the “Big Beautiful Bill” discredit free markets more than any socialist

Jul 8, 2025 • Dan Perry

Robbing the poor to give to the rich

Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill" is an astoundingly brazen attack on his voters

Jun 30, 2025 • Dan Perry

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