Articles Worth a Read

These are articles that say something important I wish I’d written. They will not typically be from what you’d consider mainstream sources. Some are short and easy reads. Some- are not. Be assured that I am not including the long, denser ones just to torture you. If I didn’t think them worth your time, they wouldn’t be here. As with Short Takes, sometimes my commentary will be included. Sometimes they stand on their own.

1 week ago

The eminent historian Niall Ferguson has written an article with the above title with quality statistics on the decline of

3 weeks ago

The Felder Report this week offers some information from generally well thought of sources on the real impacts of inflation

1 month ago

Britain used to be the world’s great power and it’s currency the world’s currency. What happened? Graeme Thompson

1 month ago

This article from The Robin Report (free to sign up for their daily posts on retail) is about grocery stores.

2 months ago

I believe in the concept of the Federal Reserve being independent. I don’t like the idea of Trump (or

2 months ago

Harvard Business Review, May 2002. Interestingly enough, trying harder is a problem when the business environment changes because of the

3 months ago

That’s the title of a scroll through presentation by the Financial Times. It shows and discusses the growth, and

3 months ago

“The current national conversation about manufacturing confuses a reduction in manufacturing jobs with a slowdown in U.S. manufacturing.  Period. Once we