I rather like this chart from the New York Times showing the value of the S&P 500 Index in the dollar, three foreign currencies, gold, houses, oil and corn....
I'm intrigued by this NYT explanation: "a surprising culprit: uncertainty created by the government's push to increase the supply of biofuels like ethanol in coming years. In his State of the Union address...
According to the Associated Press, "The Labor Department reported Friday that the Consumer Price Index rose by 0.4 percent last month, double the January increase, as energy prices...
My friend Pete tipped me off to this article, which explains that the growing popularity of biofuel production is driving up beer prices. Unfortunately, this "...
Zimbabwe is the latest nation to experiment with price controls as a method to make food affordable. It is an unspeakable tragedy that Zimbabwe's people should end...
The Washington Post reports that the House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly passed a measure imposing severe penalties for "price gouging," an alleged phenomenon it was unable...
The New York Times ran a just-the-facts story about Argentina's increasingly egregious price controls—beginning in browbeating, moving to controls on beef, spreading to all consumer goods, and...
