The World Economy In A Nutshell

Plummeting Marijuana Prices In Northern California

States Ease Restrictions On Vice To Fill Budget Gaps

The Average American Family

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Sometimes It's Rational To Be Irrational

Where Your Tax Dollars Will Go

For context, here's the spending breakdown for some of the big-ticket items in 2009, based on the numbers in this CBO report:

Defense, 18%
Social Security, 18%
Medicare, 12%
Medicaid, 7%
Interest, 5%

Price Gouging?

Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

This link will take you to an explanation of the SEC's case against Goldman Sachs.

China's Real Estate Bubble

There's a lot of pressure being placed on China to allow its currency to appreciate. This is reminiscent of the pressure placed on Japan in the mid-1980s that served as the lead move toward its eventual lost decade. The link takes you to an article from a Japanese economist offering China some advice.

A Pernicious Disconnect