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This was a historic week for the United Kingdom.  Their beloved Queen Elizabeth II appointed the nation’s newest prime minister, Elizabeth Truss, on Tuesday.  Just two days later, the monarch died, ushering in a new era for the nation, one which will likely start as a mix of somber and celebratory tones. 

Each year the Kansas City branch of the Federal Reserve hosts a symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  It’s a who’s who of economics, finance, and central banking.  The world’s brain trust gathers to enjoy the bears, do some fishing, and see the natural beauty that accompanies any event with the Grand Tetons as a backdrop.  In between sessions with the great outdo

Canned Heat did it here, and Willie Nelson couldn’t wait to do it again here.  They were on the road again.  But that was different era.  That was the time for which today’s infrastructure was built.  Even as the culture meanders toward a more virtu

Everyone knows many pizzas are circular.  But did you know an economy can be as well?  By one definition, participation in the circular economy means designing products for durability, reuse, remanufacturing, and/or recycling.  Implied in the reuse portion of the definition is purchasing used goods, like clothes.  Why might this be of interest to you?  One word: cotton.

We live in interesting times, but not as interesting a time as the one in which Young Frankenstein (pronounced Fronkensteen) lived.  His creation turned out to be quite abnormal.  Intellectuals probably think I should read the original book which Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder parodied, but even small clips like this one m

China has made it to several headlines lately.  For instance, President Biden had a highly anticipated call with China’s President Xi Jinping.  And then there was this week’s visit from the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan.  Worries about geopolitical instability were top of mind for many pundits covering this story.  Unfortunately, it might be China

Technologist are busy creating machines capable of making human-like decisions in an instant.  Self-driving cars are probably the most obvious example.  In 2014 researchers at the MIT Media Lab introduced the Moral Machine, a website to crowdsource individuals’ decisions on how self-driving cars should prioritize lives in accident scenarios (e.g., how should it react when faced

Baseball season is about half way over with the All-Star Game taking place this coming Tuesday.  Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers have, thus far, been treated to a winning season.  Of course, October is many months away, so it’s premature to call this year’s team champions.  Contrarily, the calendar year is just beyond the half-way mark, and the Federal Reserve isn&rsq