Tag Archive: "armchair economist"
Posted On: March 15, 2024
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These random office buildings in downtown San Francisco, shot in March 2022, were already showing signs of emptiness.
Years ago, before I lived in big cities, skyscrapers and architecture fascinated me. I took hundreds of…
Posted On: January 10, 2020
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Last Saturday, I wandered Target Center in Minneapolis at the Chipotle Clash of Champions with 17,000 close friends. This is high school sports on steroids—local phenom hoops team Minnehaha Academy vs. Sierra Canyon (from CA,…
Posted On: September 20, 2018
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After a long and self-indulgent break, the Spendology category is pleased to get off the recliner and return to the turf of BreakAway. And thus ends the good news—and the party. Because we are here…
Posted On: December 2, 2010
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We Merr’kuns may still be learning our money math. But if a downturn is good for anything, it’s for ruthless fiscal forehead-gripping—for economists and Joe 6-Packs alike.
The good news: Americans are reducing their credit…
Posted On: December 1, 2008
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The news has been all over the airwaves and screens for ten days now. Say it ain’t true: Consumer spending in October slipped by 1%.
Yet when I painstakingly avoided Shoporama-Land last weekend, Black Friday…
Posted On: November 25, 2008
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(Excerpted from his annual “Night-Before-Turkey” speech, as given to family and friends at the Rob Roy Club in Midtown, Manhattan)
FRIENDS, FAMILY, WORLD LEADERS,
IT IS WITH A TEAR—OF JOY, OF COURSE—THAT I MUST TODAY…
Posted On: September 30, 2008
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Blogging is hard. I wonder if even the monstrous, fearless Paul Bunyan could master it. Oh sure, he could easily handle the lifehacking and workhacking thing. But could his bulky fingers handle the little, lonely…
