Us vs. Them

Click HERE for today's column. The "Us vs. Them" outlook is a lot more popular than the cool "indifference" studied by economists.

Oily loop-de-loop

Oil prices....they're baaaack. Click HERE to read the story.

Flying coconuts and rented nukes

Click HERE for today's column. The Asian arms race that I foresee will hold a lot of surprises...and a Rent-a-Nuke idea is mighty creative.

A man with a tape recorder up his nose

Click HERE for today's column. This is going to be such a zany, madcap year in economics it will seem like a Monty Python skit.

So, just to get you in the mood for 2010, here is, indeed, the man with a tape recorder up his nose.

Credit: Not gone (yet)

Click HERE for today's column, which highlights a blessing worth counting: As we start the New Year, credit is still available to entrepreneurs.