by Thomas Powell | Oct 27, 2017 | Economics
Increasing studies are pointing to the gender gap in education and employment and its impact on the global economy. According to OECD, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, gender based discrimination is pricey, costing the global economy USD 12...
by Thomas Powell | Oct 11, 2017 | Economics, Investing, Uncategorized
Last week, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway struck a deal that would make it majority owner of Pilot Flying J truck stops by 2023. Berkshire Hathaway used stakeholder money to buy a 38.7 percent stake in Pilot Flying J. How much the firm paid is unknown. What is...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 11, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
As you now likely know, Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting agencies in the U.S., experienced a breach that left 143 million Americans vulnerable to credit fraud/identity theft. 143 million Americans! That’s roughly half of the U.S. population. These...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 6, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
In the thick of a multi-year bounceback from a brutal national recession that hit Nevada particularly hard, the SIlver State is no longer last in every positive category and first in every negative category … at least in terms of state economics. The Great Recession...
by Thomas Powell | Aug 30, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
This spring there was a city in North America where the average price for a detached house was $1.2 million, and that was in … Canada? Last month, the insane housing prices in Toronto slowed, which had Canadian national news outlets leading with headlines such...
by Thomas Powell | Aug 21, 2017 | Economics, Uncategorized
Last week, Time.com published a fantastic article called “5 Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Millionaires.” In this post, I’ve added my two cents and made the “things” even easier to digest with pictures. Next in...
