So what happens if Walgreen relocates to tax-friendlier Switzerland? Well, it’ll obviously save a few bucks in taxes, but not on profits it earns

In its monetary policy report released today, the Fed made the first over-valuation call on stocks since a report in 2000 where it made

The World Trade Organization (WTO) rules in favor of the U.S. consumer by finding that the United States had violated global trade rules by

As you might suspect, I read lots of other professionals’ commentaries on the state of the economy and the financial markets. On occasion I

I read Paul Krugman. He’s been such an inspiration to me. I’m sure he’s inspired as many of my ramblings as have other Nobel

Some academics, and some politicians, are working overtime to convince us that raising the minimum wage will not hurt—will help actually—the minimum wage earner.

In Tuesday’s New York Times, Demos‘s Lew Daly pleads his case that public services are not fairly accounted for in how we measure the

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Without putting you to sleep with the volumes of economy-related notes I’ve taken over the past few weeks—which amount to summaries of the data,

This one’s a little long, and a little wonky, sorry… But go ahead and listen anyway. Click the play button for today’s commentary: