by Jonathan | Oct 16, 2023 | Short Takes
What was not and still is not adequately considered is how different these last few years have been from an economic perspective. We essentially turned the economy off and turned it back on again, and pumped in trillions of dollars to consumers we never have before....
by Jonathan | Oct 2, 2023 | News
Amazon is now advertising on their boxes that they are “made with less material.” They actually have taken it a step further in some areas, doing away with the boxes completely. What can we learn from this? First, the Amazon is not straightforward, to say...
by Jonathan | Sep 27, 2023 | News
WSJ has an article hitting on how rising interest rates are hurting consumers. Not exactly stunning stuff. But this graph blew me out of the water. Car payments are now $800/mo new and $600/month used? The most I’ve paid for a car is $20,000 (used) and the payments...
by Jonathan | Aug 29, 2023 | Short Takes
Axios Headline: Immigration is absolutely essential to a healthy US economy. If we want to avoid the reduction in the labor-force itself, and the economic problems that brings (See Japan & China) we need to replace workers. If the US population isn’t...