Economics

August 27, 2025

SHI 8.27.25 “A Curious Kind of Balance”

  France donated the Statue of Liberty to the United States on July 4th,  1884.  Famously inscribed on the statue is an excerpt from Emma Lazarus’ […]
August 20, 2025

SHI 8.20.25 – Our Economy in a Box

  A Bloomberg article titled, “What Declining Cardboard Box Sales Tells Us About the US Economy,” made this contention:  “Sales of corrugated cardboard used to make boxes […]
August 6, 2025

SHI 8.6.25 – “You’re Fired!”

  In last week’s blog, I mentioned Skynet and the movie “The Terminator” in my AI discussion.    Of course, as host of “Celebrity Apprentice” Arnold […]
July 31, 2025

SHI 7.30.25 – Betting the Balance Sheet

  The hyperscalers are pushing a huge pile of money into the pot.   Essentially, they are betting the balance sheet.  Who are the ‘hyperscalers’ and what […]