by John Mauldin | Dec 8, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Don’t Tax You. Don’t Tax Me. Tax That Fellow Behind the Tree –  Attributed to Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana ~1930s One thing you learn when writing about the debt problem, as I have been in recent weeks, is that many people think it’s not a problem at all....
by John Mauldin | Dec 1, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Back in the Great Financial Crisis era, someone quipped that the federal government had become a giant hedge fund with an army attached. That wasn’t far off. Various agencies and entities were absorbing all kinds of risky assets to stabilize an overleveraged system....
by John Mauldin | Nov 24, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Thanksgiving brings to mind not only turkeys, family, and friends, but also should help us recall the remarkable ideas and philosophies that helped shape, and indeed were, the foundation for the United States of America as a Republic. In that spirit, we will forgo for...
by John Mauldin | Nov 17, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries. —Alan Greenspan, Speech to the Commercial Finance Association on...
by John Mauldin | Nov 10, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Exploring federal budget data is a journey through endless rabbit holes, some of which are eerily close to Alice in Wonderland insanity. Countless variables interact in unexpected ways. Seemingly small changes can cascade into billions of dollars within a few years....
