Economics should be much more widely available as an A Level subject, and those that teach it already can help with spreading the core knowledge to pupils beyond those who are actually studying it. And, after a long campaign, financial literacy education did finally become a part of the Nat...
Rather, apost-war bear marketfed by industrial nationalisation, high inflation, and currency depreciation did the real damage. The recovery began in 1983 and since then France has enjoyed excellent stock market returns. So there’s no reason to believe the French market is intrinsically radioacti...
Third, I like the idea of not going too hard-core on the frugality idea when planning for FIRE. It reminds me of my popular 2021 post,Stealth Frugality, where I propose to live a generally frugal life but don’t become so frugal that people start talking behind your back ...
How could a whole nation of people, the Germans, turn against another nation, the Jews, to the degree they did? What I mean is the total control of Jews on the German people and the destruction of their economy after WWI. If the whole truth is never told and hidden, history will re...
s role as the dominant global reserve currency – a currency that every central bank must hold in large amounts. There has been speculation that this status is threatened, and there have been suggestion that the dollar would collapse soon, or whatever. So how did the dollar do as g...
First, remember that if it sounds to good to be true, it isn’t. Had investors simply respected that rule of thumb, they would have been safe. Mr. Madoff reported great returns year after year regardless of what the market did. And that should have been the first red flag. But many ...
What Trump’s Tariffs Did Last Time (2018-2019): No Impact on Inflation, Doubled Receipts from Customs Duties, and Hit Stocks by Wolf Richter • Feb 3, 2025 I watched this stuff last time, amazed by the lack of inflation. Sure, “This time it’s different,” but those are the...
And it did go to Africa, technically, most of it to the TPLF. Mike Mitchell gave himself away with the the selection of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to deal with Live Aid legal work. William French Smith, Ronald Reagan’s personal attorney in California and Reagan’s pick for Attorney G...
. LeMay did not see any military advantage for the U.S. to sign such a treaty. He doubted the countries would come to an agreement and felt vindicated when the talks deadlocked by the end of the summer. The agreement was ultimately signed the following spring, though, and remains one of...
If we did it in a controlled manner over many years the investment would not be too high and as natural gas from the wells dried up manufactured methane could be progressively substituted keeping the supply constant. Of course we will still need CSP plants generating electricity however with ...