Monthly Archives: December, 2012

The Startling Story of American Labor

Every month for the last few years Americans—especially politicians—have been keeping a close eye on the employment report to see how many jobs were...

Fiscal Cliff Fix: Americans Still in La-la land on Fiscal Crisis

In the video below, CNBC’s Steve Leisman explains the results of a recent CNBC survey on the fiscal cliff. The survey indicates that Americans...

How to Increase Shareholder Return Today

The Wall Street Journal ran an article yesterday titled Top U.S. Firms Are Cash-Rich Abroad, Cash-Poor at Home. The piece pointed out that American...

Home for the Holidays

The Federal Reserve seems to feel inflation is under control. But those of us living in the real world know it’s far from under...

Your Ever Shrinking Income

On Friday the BEA released the October numbers for American’s income growth. After adjusting for inflation, Americans chalked up their fourth month in a...

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Coal Plant Retirements Accelerate, But Delays Highlight Uncertainty

US coal-fired power capacity is expected to decline from...

Retired Nuclear Plants Brought Back Online for AI Demand

Avi Salzman of Barron's reports that artificial intelligence and...

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

Your Survival Guy from Boat Shoes to Loafers

On Saturday, Your Survival Guy changed his boat shoes...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

DOE Unveils Plan to Quadruple U.S. Nuclear Power by 2050

The Department of Energy's report, Evaluating the Reliability and...

Unleashing American Energy: Largest Deregulation in DOE History Announced

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the...

Can Milei’s Reforms Unleash Argentina’s Shale Oil?

Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale basin, once hindered by unfavorable...

Your Survival Guy: Learning the Rules of Life

Your Survival Guy’s had some memorable and not so...

Trump Administration Moves to Curb Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland

The Trump administration has launched a crackdown on foreign...