Sept. 13, 2026

America’s Long Experiment With Tariffs

Before ‘American manufacturing’ came with a charging cable. | Albert Kahn Associates 1924. What happens when America puts up a wall around its economy? We actually ran something close to that experiment for several decades. Beginning in the late …
Sept. 6, 2026

You’re a Concrete Contractor in 1925. Business Has Never Been Better.

Nothing to worry about. The backlog is full. | Credit: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago You’re a Concrete Contractor in 1925. Business Has Never Been Better. It is 1925. You own a concrete construction company in an Amer…
April 19, 2026

Before You Build on an Old Coal Site, You Better Know What GOB Is

What a load of GOB | Credit Cardinal News "The economy is a derivative of energy." - Doomberg I am part of the 7x24 Central Virginia Exchange Education Committee. It's a committee that is part of 7x24, a networking group for the data cente…
March 15, 2026

Tariffs, Tankers, and the Cost of Moving Energy

“Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena.”— George J. Stigler Sometimes t…
Feb. 8, 2026

When Everyone Agrees, Slow Down.

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” — Charles Mackay  A guy wrote that in 1841.  1841.  No internet. No CNBC. No…