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Economics

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My Thoughts on the Japanese Economy
Economics

My Thoughts on the Japanese Economy

Jun 1, 2026 6 min read

As someone who has been in the financial publishing industry for more than 40 years, I understand what a major role economics plays in the world of wealth…

Notes from My Journal
Economics

Notes from My Journal

May 20, 2026 4 min read

My 2025 predictions on how AI will disrupt the economy felt exaggerated when I made them… now, everything I said seems obvious. Even timid!  If you had asked…

How Two Weeks of Non-Stop AI Talk Freaked Me Out
Economics

How Two Weeks of Non-Stop AI Talk Freaked Me Out

May 20, 2026 12 min read

And why you should be freaked out too!  Last November, at the Legacy Summit in Japan, I told my audience that an economic revolution was bearing down on…

Are We Looking at a Potential Economic Crisis?
Economics

Are We Looking at a Potential Economic Crisis?

May 5, 2026 2 min read

BS, a reader and friend, asked my opinion of something hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said recently in an interview with Patrick O’Shaugnessy. Jones pointed out that…

HL Mencken on the US Dollar and the Myth of America’s Currency
Economics

HL Mencken on the US Dollar and the Myth of America’s Currency

Mar 23, 2026 2 min read

“The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.” – HL Mencken If you’ve never studied economics – or…

Where the Heck Have I Been?
Economics

Where the Heck Have I Been?

Feb 28, 2026 6 min read

Notes From My Journal If you feel like I’ve neglected you recently, you are not wrong. I’ve been very busy. In fact, last week could well have been the…

The Principles of Wealth – a Work in Progress 
Economics

The Principles of Wealth – a Work in Progress 

Jan 30, 2026 3 min read

[Note: This is the Introduction to a book I wrote and then set aside many years ago. I titled it “The Principles of Wealth” because I wanted it to be –…

How Currencies Can Predict the Economic Future of Countries
Economics

How Currencies Can Predict the Economic Future of Countries

Jan 30, 2026 3 min read

Three Case Studies: Iran, Japan, and the US When I first got into the investment newsletter business in 1982, the only thing I knew about currencies…

The Truth About the Much-Touted Gender Pay Gap
Economics

The Truth About the Much-Touted Gender Pay Gap

Jan 20, 2026 3 min read

Just the Facts You have no doubt heard at least a dozen times that there is a “gender pay gap” in the US – i.e., that women make only about 80% (79% to…

Is There Really a Difference Between Socialism & Communism?
Economics

Is There Really a Difference Between Socialism & Communism?

Jan 18, 2026 3 min read

It’s a question that comes up almost every time one gets into a discussion about the virtues of “Socialism.” Libertarians, Free Market advocates, and…

Economics

Economics for Children 

Jan 18, 2026 1 min read

The Tuttle Twins take a ride through a world without freedom.

My Predictions for AI Technology, the US Stock Market, and the US Economy
Economics

My Predictions for AI Technology, the US Stock Market, and the US Economy

Jan 2, 2026 6 min read

All thoughtful men that are concerned about humanity will be concerned about its future – i.e., hopeful that it will be good for our species, but also…