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Drill Baby Maybe

November 19, 2024

Drill Baby Maybe

Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with a Republican Congress firmly behind him, ought to help the oil and gas industry. Will it?

Trump, Tariffs, and Trust

October 22, 2024

Trump, Tariffs, and Trust

Donald Trump says import tariffs are awesome. 

Still Falling Apart

September 17, 2024

Still Falling Apart

I’m not sure Fed policy really matters. We have more serious problems. And, like when a dam ruptures, they’re starting as small but relentless little cracks.

Health and Wealth

August 20, 2024

Health and Wealth

It’s election time again in the US. We have a new issue this time. 

Things Fall Apart

July 16, 2024

Things Fall Apart

Writers who want to describe sweeping global change often quote the W.B. Yeats poem.

Choose Your Insurance Poison

June 18, 2024

Choose Your Insurance Poison

Owning your home may be the American Dream, but to many Americans, it’s only a dream. 

The Giant Debt Problem Everyone Is Missing

May 21, 2024

The Giant Debt Problem Everyone Is Missing

The Giant Debt Problem Everyone Is Missing

No More Recessions?

April 16, 2024

No More Recessions?

Unexpected questions are valuable. 

Dumbest Scandal Ever

March 19, 2024

Dumbest Scandal Ever

I’m sorry to shock anyone

Musical Economics

February 20, 2024

Musical Economics

Music isn’t just entertainment. It activates a different part of your brain where interesting things can happen. 

Evading the Problem

January 16, 2024

Evading the Problem

Winter here in the northern hemisphere has a new stage now.

The AI Is Listening

December 19, 2023

The AI Is Listening

Strange things are happening in the artificial intelligence world.

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Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson

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Patrick 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.

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