Short Takes: Charts, Graphs, Quotes

These are items from all kinds of sources that may or may not include a comment from me. Depends on whether I think they are self explanatory. Typically, they will have amused, surprised or informed me. They are all relevant to our current economic and societal circumstances. They made me think, caused me to change my mind, or provided historical perspective relevant today.

4 days ago

Recommend you go to Wolfstreet.com and read his 10/16/25 post on this. There is just no way to feel

1 week ago

Today (10/13/2025) in The Boock Report, Peter Boockvar reported Goldman Sachs’ take on who’s paying the tariffs. “If recently implemented

2 weeks ago

Liquidity in our financial system refers to the overall amount of readily available money and credit in the financial system

2 months ago

Richard Cantillon’s “Essay on the Nature of Trade in General” will resonate with you. He was one of the

3 months ago

I don’t know what the actual tariff rates will finally turn out to be. The chart shows you that