Econ Addicts

  • The Day After Panic: What the 1929 Crash Can Teach Us About Investor Psychology

    When markets crash, people lose their minds.They dump everything, swear off investing, and start Googling “how to live off the grid.” When the stock market crashes, panic spreads faster than reason. History offers a humbling reminder that even the worst-looking market moments aren’t always what they seem. On October 29th, 1929, a.k.a. Black Tuesday, Wall…

  • The World Runs on Energy. The Market Runs on Stories.

    Energy, foundationally, is the core driver of modern economies. It fuels every plane, powers every server, and keeps every home alight. Without it, nothing else functions. Yet on the stock market, the firms that sell us streaming subscriptions, branded clothing, or host our shopping habits in the cloud, are often worth far more than those…

  • The Cantillon Effect and Executive Order 6102

    The Cantillon Effect, named after economist Richard Cantillon, describes what happens when newly created money enters an economy. During this shift, some benefit more than others, and it depends almost exclusively on a person’s proximity to the money source. For example, those in closest proximity to the banks, large asset holders, and government contractors are…

  • Government Debt Lore: Where It All Started

    “Debt, like rust, never sleeps.”– Thomas Jefferson Government debt. You’re probably thinking of that insane US debt clock with the 36 trillion dollar sum (and counting) that the United States owes to its lenders, but have you ever thought about how a nations’ ability to borrow huge amounts of cash even began? How did nations…