When is it really cheaper to make your food at home?
On Thanksgiving Day, NPR’s Marketplace included a follow-up segment to a story from 2009 on…
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Dr. Duru U.S. Postal Service increases prices an average of 5% for shipping services
The U.S. Postal service is raising prices in an effort to bring in enough revenue…
Inflation helps drive Iranians to dollars and gold, government warns citizens to stop
Iranians are scrambling to protect their life savings by buying dollars and gold. Iran’s inflation…
The Rice Panic of 2007
On November 4, 2011, NPR’s Planet Money did a “blast from the past” podcast reviewing…
Redbox raises prices 20% to cover higher costs for DVDs and debit card transactions.
Last week, Redbox, the company owned by Coinstar (CSTR) that rents movies through big red…
Wal-Mart will push prices down for holiday shopping
CNNMoney.com is reporting that Wal-Mart will offer a price guarantee this holiday season. From Nov.…
The Federal Reserve finally tries to fight a bubble…in the price of farmland
(Hat tip to a friend who pointed me to this article) Under Alan Greenspan, the…
San Francisco earns windfall from driving up the cost of parking on holidays
Parking enforcement is one of the sneakier ways a local government can drive up to…
U.S. workers missing out on the “reflation celebration”
Several times on these pages, I have “celebrated” various confirmations of reflation as indicated by…
Production costs may have the last laugh on The Simpsons
The venerable cartoon series “The Simpsons” has a strong following that has kept the show…