Category Archives: Economics

I’ve done it for more than a decade. Yes, most of that time, I made most of my money writing about the porn industry, but now I’m determined to make a clean living online. You can too if you’re smart … Continue reading →

From the LAT: …The company started selling books online in 1994 — before Amazon — and ships millions of dollars of books, about 90% of them outside the Pacific Northwest, each year. (The company, privately held, does not release its … Continue reading →

The housing crisis/implosion is starting to come off the rails. Lots of local banks are holding loans against said houses, and those loans are starting to have all the credit quality of a loan to a third world country. The … Continue reading →

Beazer Homes and Pulte Homes. They are publicly traded.

Tim Harford writes for Slate: I feel that it is time to share a secret. When I left on my vacation just over a week ago, I was fighting a battle with a deep-rooted addiction. I feel able to admit … Continue reading →