- February 23, 2021
When Texas Went Back in Time
Finding yourself in the middle of national news is rarely good. But I did last week as much of Texas went dark and thirsty in a major winter storm.
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- February 16, 2021
Bitcoin Will Never Be Money
The Bitcoin digital currency’s dollar price is hitting new highs. Good news if you own some.
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- February 9, 2021
Economics Explains Why Vaccinations Are Hard
When your roof is in flames, you don’t shop for the most convenient and low-priced fire department. Others already made that choice for you.
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- January 26, 2021
What’s the Worst that Could Happen?
“Never tell me the odds,” said Han Solo to C-3PO as he deftly navigated through the asteroid field. They made it. But The Empire Strikes Back was a movie. SARS-CoV-2 is real.
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Patrick Watson
Editor, Connecting the DotsPatrick Watson is a compulsive trend-observer and John Mauldin's senior economic analyst. He and John first began collaborating around 30 years ago, and he contributes research and ideas to John's wildly popular weekly e-letter, Thoughts from the Frontline. When John needs to make sense of the senseless, Patrick is often the first person he looks to.
