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December 10, 2025

SHI 12.10.25 — Prediction Predilection

  Some people have a predilection for making predictions.   They just can’t help themselves.  I put myself in that camp. Economists, generally, are also firmly in […]
November 20, 2025

SHI 11/20/25 – The Swan and the Canary

  Today’s blog title might sound like a fable or proverb, but my writing skills fall short of any such creativity.  And this is economic blog, […]
November 5, 2025

SHI 11.5.25 – Miles and Miles of LARGE Debt Piles.

The world’s first economics and comedy festival is starting soon!     Yep.  That’s right:  the Kilkenomics Festival  is an Irish “festival” combining comedy  AND  economics.    What’s […]
October 22, 2025

SHI 10.22.25 – Bubble Talk, Epilogue

Permit me a final word on bubbles.   Financial bubbles form when excesses build up within a system.   But identifying a bubble, or accurately timing it, […]