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	May 2013 (3)
		
			23: Austerity and Growth Perspectives: Europe, the IMF, China, and the US (0)
			16: US Guns: What Should Be Done? (1)
			08: Austerity and Growth Perspectives: Europe, the IMF, China, and the US (1)
		
	
	April 2013 (5)
		
			22: Democracy Is Broken: The Shameful Gun Vote of the US Senate (2)
			20: Judgments of Paris, Princeton, and Lenox, Part 5 (0)
			17: Bombings and Shootings: What Are the Facts? (1)
			15: Argentina: A Partial Defense of the Lady (1)
			06: Judgments of Paris, Princeton, and Lenox, Part 4 (0)
		
	
	March 2013 (5)
		
			29: Growing Disillusionment with the US – Do Americans Know or Care? (1)
			21: The Euro Mess Gets Messier (1)
			18: Massachusetts Wine Laws Violate the US Constitution (1)
			10: Equity Investing: A Global Perspective (0)
			01: Judgments of Paris, Princeton, and Lenox, Part 3 (0)
		
	
	February 2013 (3)
		
			24: Banks, Securitization & Incentives: Are We Protected From Another Collapse? (1)
			17: Picking Stocks – Validea Offers a Refreshingly Different Approach (0)
			06: Tradable Goods and Employment Futures (2)
		
	
	January 2013 (6)
		
			27: Judgments of Paris, Princeton, and Lenox, Part 2 (0)
			21: China – the Next Economic Superpower? Better Hedge Your Bets (0)
			14: US Guns: What Should and Should Not Be Done (1)
			10: US Manufacturing: What Are The Prospects? (0)
			06: The Economic Significance of Avoiding the “Cliff” (0)
			02: New Investment Vehicles in China: Real Estate in 2013? (0)
		
	
	December 2012 (5)
		
			30: US Gun Policies: Facts You Should Know (1)
			26: China and the US: What the Future Holds (0)
			18: Gun Restrictions: Lessons from Efforts to Curb  Smoking, Drinking, Drugs, and Sex (0)
			15: Middle East Facts You Should Know (0)
			05: US Drug Policies Need an Overhaul: Lessons from Prohibition (0)
		
	
	November 2012 (5)
		
			28: Austerity, Deficits, and Debt – A Tale of Two Countries (0)
			21: Israel and the Palestinians:  What Ever Happened to the Two-State Solution? (0)
			19: Trade Balances, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates: Worth Considering When Making Foreign Investments (0)
			13: The Declining Significance of Wine Tastings (4)
			07: Obama: More Foolish Appointments and Gridlock, or What? (0)
		
	
	October 2012 (3)
		
			30: TARP Revisited: Banks “Too Large to Fail”- A Red Herring (0)
			18: Obama vs. Romney: Does It Really Matter? (2)
			16: Euro Crisis – Will German/IMF Austerity Pressures Cause an Explosion? (1)
		
	
	September 2012 (5)
		
			28: Real Estate, Savings Accounts, Bonds, Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs – What Will Be The Next Investment Vehicle? (0)
			21: Global Gambling: Two Expert Perspectives (0)
			19: Open Letter to Chancellor Merkel (0)
			16: Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun: Coming Threats from New MA/NY Casinos (0)
			05: Are We In An Energy Transition? Fossil Fuels, Nuclear, and Oh Yes, Renewables (0)
		
	
	August 2012 (5)
		
			29: China and India – Is Either a Good Bet? (0)
			26: The Red Sox – Why the 2012 Collapse? (0)
			21: Must the Eurozone Be Saved? (0)
			14: What Should the US Energy Strategy Be? Consider Autos (1)
			07: Global Warming Is Here and Will Get Worse: What Should Our Energy Strategy Be? (0)
		
	
	July 2012 (5)
		
			27: Greece – Nothing Has Changed (1)
			23: US Energy Consumption: Will Global Warming Help? (0)
			21: Another US Shooting: Further Manifestation of US Government Corruption (0)
			19: An All-Electric World: Sounds Great – Think Again (1)
			02: Obamacare – The Potential Hidden Benefits (0)
		
	
	June 2012 (4)
		
			26: Austerity to Growth – IMF Double-Talk on Greece and Spain (0)
			21: Don’t Let Banks Sell Their Loans (0)
			18: Judgment of Princeton – Its Real Significance (4)
			11: Investments for Later (0)
		
	
	May 2012 (7)
		
			31: The Global Wine Industry – Where Is It Going? (1)
			23: The Current US Stock Market Collapse Makes No Sense (0)
			18: The Coming Gambling Casino Glut in the Northeast (0)
			14: The Banks Again – When Will We Learn? (0)
			12: Break Up the Eurozone: The Only Workable Option (0)
			09: The Global Economics of Professional Sports (0)
			03: US, Canada Will Not Support Euro Bailout: Does It Matter? (0)
		
	
	April 2012 (5)
		
			26: Argentina – The Media Piles On (0)
			24: Argentina – What Is Driving Kirchner? (0)
			17: The Role of Consumption in the US Recovery (0)
			13: The US Employment Problem – All You Need to Know (1)
			07: The US Banking Crisis Is Not Over: Part 2 (0)
		
	
	March 2012 (5)
		
			30: Debt, Investments, and Dangerous Addictions: A Tale of Four Countries (0)
			20: Greece, the Euro Countries, and the IMF: Where Do Things Stand Now? (1)
			14: The US Banking Crisis Is Not Over (0)
			13: Latin America – The Dangerous Addictions (0)
			05: Does Dodd-Frank Have Real Teeth? (0)
		
	
	February 2012 (4)
		
			21: Dangerous Addictions: What Are They? Where Are They Worst? (1)
			13: Problems with Wine – Food Pairing Dinners (WFPDs) (0)
			10: The Euro Crisis – Bad and Getting Worse (0)
			07: Alcohol – The Under-Appreciated Killer (0)
		
	
	January 2012 (8)
		
			31: The US and Euro Crises Compared (0)
			24: US State of Nation: What Is So Wrong? (0)
			22: Ms. Lagarde: Throwing Money at the Euro Problem – Not the Answer (0)
			17: The IMF – German Split on What to Do About Greece: Implications for the Other Weak Sisters (1)
			13: The Future of the Global Wine Industry (4)
			09: Global Banking: What Should Be Done? (0)
			05: Margin Call – A Real Disappointment (2)
			02: Investing in 2012 – What We Have Learned From Panic Times (0)
		
	
	December 2011 (5)
		
			27: Wine Tastings You Should Try (0)
			21: The Global Economics of Cargo (1)
			13: Global Emissions – The Biggest Offenders (0)
			11: The Euro Crisis – Has Anything Changed? (0)
			05: Global Warming – What Is Most Worrisome? (0)
		
	
	November 2011 (8)
		
			28: Energy Transitions – Are We In One Now? Part Three – Investments (1)
			23: Energy Transitions – Are We In One Now? Part Two (0)
			21: Energy Transitions – Are We In One Now? Part One (0)
			14: The Eurozone – Any Reason for Optimism? (0)
			10: Eurozone Worries – The Banks Again (0)
			07: A.I.G. and Greece – A Comparison of a Bankruptcies (1)
			03: The Weak Sisters: Bailouts Won’t Solve Their Problems (1)
			02: Investment Advisors and Head Hunters: Why Results Don’t Matter (1)
		
	
	October 2011 (9)
		
			31: What Has Really Happened to Euro Debt Insurance? (0)
			28: The Weak Sisters Should Leave the Eurozone and Default – Here’s How (1)
			27: A Statistical Note on Eurozone Exposures (0)
			26: Why Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain Should Leave the Eurozone (3)
			21: “The Way Forward” – Telling China What To Do (2)
			17: “The Way Forward” – Who Paid for the Study? (0)
			15: Why Men’s Professional Golf Is Boring (1)
			12: US Unemployment: The Only Solution? Work Less (2)
			02: The Red Sox Collapse – Why? (0)
		
	
	September 2011 (8)
		
			28: More Israeli Settlements and Another US Veto – What It All Means (0)
			26: Investing In Panic Times (3)
			20: US Employment: What Is Really Wrong? (0)
			16: Real Affluence – Skinning Garlic and Opening Wine Bottles (2)
			13: The Euro Crisis – What Will and Should Happen (3)
			08: The Global Banking Industry: Why Something Has To Be Done (0)
			05: The Employment Numbers – What You Should Know (1)
			04: Can the World Handle More Democracy in the Middle East? (0)
		
	
	August 2011 (5)
		
			29: The “Supercommittee”- What Should It Do? What Will It Do? (3)
			15: The Economics (and Morality) of “Deleveraging” for Recovery (2)
			11: Sovereign Debt and Banks: The Bhidé/Phelps Recommendation (0)
			08: Sovereign Ratings: An Assessment of the S&P Rating for the US (0)
			04: The Morss Antidote for a Bad Debt Deal (0)
		
	
	July 2011 (4)
		
			30: The Euro Crisis: What Does the IMF Really Think? (0)
			19: The Global Wine Market – Don’t Forget Europe (1)
			14: Employment Numbers – Looking Beyond the Totals (0)
			08: What Should Greece Do? (0)
		
	
	June 2011 (5)
		
			27: The IEA Oil Release: Facts You Should Know (0)
			22: Deficits, Debt and Dysfunctional Policy-Making (1)
			17: Marketing Strategies of the Southern Hemisphere Wine Producers (1)
			07: The Euro Crisis: Key Facts and Predictions (1)
			04: The Global Economics of Wine Revisited: Hello China! (0)
		
	
	May 2011 (4)
		
			25: China/HK: The New Wine “Vanity” Market for Bordeaux (1)
			16: Nutrition Scoring: NuValTM Versus ANDI, But What Info Is Really Needed? (1)
			10: Where To Invest In Asia: Perhaps The Philippines? Another Dollar/Oil Hedge to Consider (0)
			03: The Bush Tax Cuts: What Should Be Done? (0)
		
	
	April 2011 (6)
		
			25: Obama Proposes Higher Taxes on the Wealthy – Some Facts (0)
			23: From Stimulus to Austerity – What Role for Taxes? (0)
			20: Where To Invest In Asia: Perhaps The Philippines? A Dollar/Oil Hedge to Consider (0)
			14: Austerity Rather than Stimulus? Wait A Minute! (0)
			09: US Wine Regions: Marketing and Value – Which Is Best? (1)
			04: The Economics of Marketing Wines – Does Region Matter? (0)
		
	
	March 2011 (7)
		
			30: Where To Invest In Asia: Perhaps The Philippines? Part One (0)
			28: Too Big To Fail: A Red Herring? (1)
			21: The US Democracy Movement – Now Libya (0)
			13: Global Energy: Facts You Should Know (0)
			09: Is the Dollar Overvalued? Different Views (0)
			07: The G-20 Meetings: Bernanke on Capital Flows (0)
			02: Who Are The G-20 and What Are They Up To? Part 1 (0)
		
	
	February 2011 (8)
		
			22: Libyan Unrest and Oil (0)
			21: The Loss of American Manufacturing Jobs: What Are The Facts? (0)
			18: The Israeli Lobby Working Against US Interests – Here We Go Again (0)
			14: The Egyptian Revolution: What Next for Global Oil Supplies? (0)
			12: A Proposal to Reduce the US Government Deficit (0)
			09: The Economics of Growing From Seed Indoors To Harvest (0)
			05: Gardening Economics: Which Seed Catalogue To Use? (0)
			01: Oil and Democracy (0)
		
	
	January 2011 (5)
		
			28: Investments Recalibrated:Hedging Emerging Market Bets (0)
			19: The Future of the Dollar: What International Transactions Tell Us (0)
			14: US Health Care Costs: Wennberg – Part 4 (0)
			12: In Defense of Bernanke – Revisited (0)
			10: The US Empire – Problem Solutions (0)
		
	
	December 2010 (9)
		
			31: The US Empire – A State of the Nation Report (0)
			27: Buying Equities: Rethinking the ETF Frenzy (0)
			24: Education in Latin America – Following the US? (0)
			23: Education and Inequality: Global and Local (0)
			21: US Health Care Costs: Why So High? Part 3 (2)
			14: The Obama-Republican Stimulus Package (0)
			13: Austerity Pressures Compared: Japan, Europe, and US (0)
			09: US Health Care Costs: Why So High? Part 2 (4)
			02: US Health Care Costs – Why So High? (0)
		
	
	November 2010 (6)
		
			30: Coming Euro Bailouts: Who? How Much? (0)
			22: Ireland, the IMF, and Liberia (0)
			17: Coming European Austerity (0)
			15: More Hedging Alternatives – The Vice Industries (0)
			08: In Defense of Bernanke (1)
			04: Hedging Long Positions in Emerging Markets (0)
		
	
	October 2010 (5)
		
			27: The US Health Care System – What Really Needs Fixing (2)
			19: Austerity vs. Deficits: What Are The Facts? Part 2 (1)
			18: Austerity vs. Deficits: What Are The Facts? Part 1 (0)
			13: The Global Economics of Fashion and Clothing: Part 2 – Fashion (0)
			04: The Global Economics of Fashion and Clothing – Part 1 – Clothing (2)
		
	
	September 2010 (6)
		
			27: The World Bank Agrees With Me (0)
			23: Obesity and Health Costs (0)
			16: John Mauldin – Missing Pieces (0)
			13: Obama’s Biggest Economic Mistakes (1)
			08: The US Recession – A Silver Lining? (0)
			04: The US Wine Market – What to Buy (0)
		
	
	August 2010 (10)
		
			30: Ted Williams – The Greatest Baseball Hitter Ever? (1)
			23: The Economics of US Military Interventions: Part Two – Effectiveness (0)
			21: Bloggers at the Treasury – What Can We Learn? (0)
			18: Asset Allocation – A Convenient Cop-Out for Pension Fund/Wealth Managers? (0)
			16: Two Global Economies: Still Only One Stock Market? (0)
			12: The Economics of Military Interventions – Part 1 – The Numbers (0)
			09: Transition Analytics Revisited (0)
			07: Federal Reserve Actions in Support of TARP (0)
			04: TARP – What Has Happened? Does Anyone Care? Part 3 – Autos and Assessment (0)
			02: TARP – What Has Happened? Does Anyone Care? Part 2 – AIG (0)
		
	
	July 2010 (3)
		
			27: TARP – What Has Happened? Does Anyone Care? – Part 1 (0)
			11: The Taste of Wine – Does It Matter? (2)
			06: The US Wine Market – A Global Economist’s Perspective (Part 1) (0)
		
	
	June 2010 (4)
		
			28: Financial Reform – What Are We Getting? (0)
			23: From Coal to Nuclear – A Look at the Numbers (0)
			15: The Vulnerability and Resiliency of Latam Countries to Global Shocks (0)
			08: The Future of Equity Trading (0)
		
	
	May 2010 (7)
		
			31: Haiti: Managing Things in the Short Term: Can Anything Useful Get Done? (0)
			28: The US Recession: Is It Over? (0)
			26: Energy: The Frantic Global Search for More (0)
			17: Vice Investments: When and How? (0)
			15: The Weak European Countries: Who Cares? (0)
			10: The European Debacle: Could It Cause A New Global Recession? (0)
			06: Investment Strategies VIII: Global Debt Revisited (0)
		
	
	April 2010 (5)
		
			27: The Significance of Banning Proprietary Trading (0)
			21: The Limited Potential of New Financial Regulations (0)
			19: Capitalism, Goldman, and Corruption (0)
			17: Putting The Latest Goldman Flap in Perspective (0)
			15: China and Brazil: What The Future Holds (0)
		
	
	March 2010 (5)
		
			30: The New Health Care Bill: Background and Meaning (0)
			23: Corruption and Governance – How Are They Related? Case Studies of Four Countries (0)
			12: Ecuador: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
			09: Investment Strategies VII – Latin America and Asia (0)
			01: The Economics of Growing Vegetables From Seed (1)
		
	
	February 2010 (7)
		
			24: Weather and Economic Predictions – Watch the Trends (0)
			22: Debt: Get Out of Europe, Japan, and the US (0)
			16: Transition Analytics (0)
			11: US Government Efforts to End the Credit Freeze and Recession: The Analytics and Numbers (0)
			09: Bet on Countries, Not Stocks – Part II (0)
			05: Mexico: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
			02: Which Seed Catalogue To Use? (2)
		
	
	January 2010 (7)
		
			29: Gary Shilling on US Real Estate – Is It That Bad? (0)
			26: Gary Shilling’s 2010 Recommendations: Is He Right? (2)
			21: Paying People Too Much (1)
			18: Barney Frank on Regulatory Reform (0)
			13: How Restaurants Select and Price Wine (4)
			11: Paulson, TARP, AIG, Goldman, and Geithner (1)
			09: Peru: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
		
	
	December 2009 (8)
		
			31: The Attempted Airline Bombing – America’s Nutcake Reaction (3)
			28: WHO CONTROLS GLOBAL CAPITAL? (0)
			21: Venezuela: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
			19: US Middle East Policy – A Complete Disaster (2)
			14: Tiger Woods and the Global Sex Industry (0)
			07: Investment Strategies VI – Bet on Countries, Not Stocks (0)
			03: More on Abbas, Clinton, Hamas, Goldstone, and the US Jewish Lobby (0)
			02: Brazil: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
		
	
	November 2009 (7)
		
			25: Argentina: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
			23: Chile: Effects of Global Recession and Future Prospects (0)
			20: Colombia and The Global Recession (3)
			16: Prices, Unemployment, and the Global Economy (0)
			11: Recession? Emerging Market Perspectives (0)
			09: Netanyahu and the Tour Guide (0)
			06: Abbas, Clinton, Hamas, Goldstone, and the US Jewish Lobby (2)
		
	
	October 2009 (6)
		
			26: Afghanistan – Get bin Laden and Get Out? (3)
			23: Bank Regulation: Are Paymasters The Answer? (2)
			19: TARP and the Stimulus Package Revisited (0)
			13: Global Entertainment – The Dangerous Addictions (0)
			07: Afghanistan What Should Be Done? (0)
			02: The Global Economics of Gambling (0)
		
	
	September 2009 (4)
		
			16: Selecting Wines (2)
			12: More on Economists, Black Swans, and Government Regulatory Policies (1)
			09: Keynes, Krugman, Black Swans et al (1)
			01: Investment Strategies VI – The Dollar Will Get Stronger (?) (1)
		
	
	August 2009 (3)
		
			26: Health Care and Obesity: A Global Dilemma (2)
			13: Investment Strategies V – The Global Recession and Financial Management (1)
			04: The Global Economics of Wine: Past, Present, and Future (0)
		
	
	July 2009 (1)
		
			15: Drinking Patterns, Global and Local (0)
		
	
	June 2009 (3)
		
			26: The Economics of the Global Entertainment Industry (1)
			11: Investment Strategies IV (0)
			04: Information: From Print to Digital – What Transition Models Work? (0)
		
	
	May 2009 (3)
		
			20: OUTRAGE (0)
			09: Investment Strategies III – Specific Suggestions (3)
			04: Investment Strategies II – The Dollar and Corporate Profits (0)
		
	
	April 2009 (4)
		
			23: Regulatory Reform of The Financial Industry – A Proposal (0)
			17: Global Power Perceptions: Part Two – The Fragmentation View (0)
			10: Global Power Perceptions: Part One – The Empire View (0)
			01: THE US-Created Global Recession: How Is Everyone Else Doing? (2)
		
	
	March 2009 (10)
		
			25: The New Toxic Asset Bailout Plan (0)
			22: The US Bailout/Stimulus Plans: Are They Affordable? (1)
			18: Reflections on TARP, AIG, Citi, and Compensation (1)
			13: Investing During the Global Recession and Beyond (2)
			07: No Predictions on the Global Recession – Just Data (1)
			05: The Global Recession: What Stimulus Is Needed for Recovery? (2)
			04: The Global Credit Freeze – Why It Happened and What is Next (0)
			04: Paying People Too Much (0)
			04: How Accelerated Urban Development Will Help Africa (0)
			03: Career Choices of Wealthy Men (0)