Black Friday

A map’s accuracy is directly linked to its scale. The more detail one wants in their map, the larger it will need to be. At some point, a tradeoff must be made between a map’s portability and its accuracy. Said differently, the map is not the terrain.

Normally this space would be reserved for the October 2025 Industrial Production release from the Federal Reserve.  Alas, it was not published due to challenges caused by the government shutdown.  Instead, we’ll take quick look at one of the components of our nation’s industrial output: utilities.  More specifically, we’ll explore how all the computing power nee

In the 1992 movie Wayne’s World, there’s that classic street hockey moment where Wayne and Garth yell “Game off!” every time a car comes down the street, everyone moves aside, the game stops and then “Game on!” as soon as the street clears.  It’s funny in a movie, but when tariffs in an economy are suddenly switched “on” and th

Welcome to Black Friday.  The day when otherwise normal people morph into bargain-hunting warriors.  Their safari starts at the crack of dawn if they didn’t begin after their Thanksgiving dinner.  Malls become jungles where competitiveness worthy of the Serengeti is unleashed.  For merchants, it can be an exercise in survival of the fittest, each competing for the next