Run the Factory Full
Fixed costs shape pricing, exit decisions and competitive dynamics across every industry.
Who Wants Global Talent?
Immigrants drive American innovation, and visa friction now pushes talent toward rivals.
When Will America Reopen
Triangulating weak signals across 100 metrics reveals reopening trends
Bad Billionaires and Lazy Capital
Rent-seeking, corruption-prone industries and inherited wealth stall progress.
Texas Versus California
Texas and California reveal whether America works better with low or high government.
Reading the Elephant Chart
One chart explains globalization's winners, losers and the politics they produced.
Winter Reading Economist Insights
Covid-19, Chinese retail, 5G auctions, infrastructure spending and cheap money shaped early 2021.
Money Lessons From Middle Schoolers
Scarcity, opportunity cost and budgeting basics that Americans and government both need.