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The Better Angels of Our Nature
June 15, 2017 Government & Politics
Pundits warned that we shouldn't politicize Wednesday's shooting. But how do you depoliticize the attempted assassination of Republican lawmakers? The Fed Burdens Consumers Even More
June 14, 2017 U.S. Economy
With the Fed raising interest rates on the heels of a disturbing report on U.S. consumer debt, I’m left wondering how the rest of the country will fare. The Great Gold Convulsion of 2017
June 13, 2017 Gold
Gold has always been subject to speculative frenzies, of course. But never has the market been subjected to such extremes of buying and selling. Russia’s ‘Scary Chart’ Points to a 1998-Style Sell-Off
June 13, 2017 Global Economy
A double top is in place in Russia. It looks a lot like the one that formed in 1998, when the crash in Russia caused a worldwide market sell-off. Your Data Trail Is Like a Gold Mine
June 12, 2017 Privacy Invasion
Mundane events are like gold ore to the data miners. They convert that information into digital portraits of us that they can sell to advertisers.