By 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $97.06 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s 23 cents more than it cost yesterday morning...
Each year, I produce Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI). They call me the “money doctor” for my globe-spanning career of economic advisory missions, and by using...
Several years ago, Gerard Folse, a 76-year-old shrimp fisherman from a bayou outside New Orleans was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as he battled several...
Nearly every week, the headlines about AI are dominated by the news of the latest model. A few days ago, Meta announced its newest model called...
Markets rose broadly across the globe this morning on news of more peace talks in the Middle East. Oil is at $95 per barrel, pretty much...
The shocks keep coming. The question is whether we help smallholder farmers face them together — or leave them to face them alone. Right now, that...
Oil prices are beginning to fall from their March peak, but policy experts warn sinking energy costs don’t necessarily mean the global economy has stabilized as...
Good morning. Not every CEO will have a book written about them. But if they do, what should they try to get out of it? For...
With the planting season ending in six weeks, skyrocketing fertilizer prices are forcing farmers into an impossible choice: cut back and lose crop yield or stay...
Ed Hedemann hasn’t paid federal income taxes since 1970. The Brooklyn freelancer received a draft notice for Vietnam a year earlier and refused his induction because...