Trump’s great bond caper

How’s the trade war going? Short answer: as badly as expected. Capricious tariffs have shown the rest of the world that the US cannot be trusted. And they have pushed trading partners away and closer

REAL ESTATE

The new “toys for tots”, or so-called “Trump Accounts” savings programme announced by Donald Trump set our mind spinning. The idea is that the federal government will place $1,000 in an investment acc

As a longtime advocate for homeless people, the ‘big issue’ I see in the coming year, unfortunately, is more homelessness in the United States – with only a few glimmers of hope. Approaching the close

In May 2008, I was in Ireland on a holiday I eventually had to cut short because the property and credit bubble had made everything absurdly expensive and blown my budget. One day, I fell into convers

If a foreign power – or aliens – wanted to wreck our economy, why waste time and money on firepower? All they would have to do is cut off our access to funny-money credit. Auto sales would stop. House