Reflecting Ahead

Tariffs Will or Will Not Cause Inflation

Tariffs make prices go up. Tariffs may not cause inflation. Can both both those statements be true? What the heck will tariffs do to the economy?

Aug 30 • 

Karen Stevenson

Triple Care Crisis: Child Care, Elder Care, and Health Care

We don't just have a care crisis, we have a triple care crisis. Child Care, Elder Care, and Health Care are expensive, often unaffordable, and many…

Aug 21 • 

Karen Stevenson

Health Insurance Is Broken, And I Don't Know If It Can Be Fixed

Health insurance used to be a relatively inexpensive way to protect yourself against big medical bills. But it's not really working any more. What…

Aug 14 • 

Karen Stevenson

July 2025

Giving Well, Better Ways to Get Rid of Stuff

It's great to give away stuff you no longer use, But there are ways to do it better.

Jul 24 • 

Karen Stevenson

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June 2025

Medicaid Provider Taxes, We Can’t Fix Them This Way

Congress wants to close a loophole that props up Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes using “Provider Taxes”. Who would care about this? But…

Jun 30 • 

Karen Stevenson

May 2025

Buying and Holding and the Dow Jones Companies of 1929

How many companies in the 1929 Dow Jones Industrial Average went bankrupt in the Great Depression? You'll be surprised!

May 25 • 

Karen Stevenson

April 2025

Wall Street Cares About Inflation; Main Street Cares About Prices

Tariffs may be a one-time price shock, but that still means prices go up.

Apr 17 • 

Karen Stevenson

Tariffs and the Price of Coffee

What do tariffs have to do with the price of coffee? Somebody will pay, you just have to guess who.

Apr 6 • 

Karen Stevenson

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March 2025

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff, What the Heck Was that About?

Everyone agrees that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff was a mistake, but what exactly happened there?

Mar 17 • 

Karen Stevenson

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February 2025

Tariffs and the Tariff Man

McKinley called himself the "Tariff Man", how did that go?

Feb 20

January 2025

Health Insurance Inflation WTF

I was amazed to hear how inflation is measured for health insurance.

Jan 8 • 

Karen Stevenson

Inflation, Debt, and the Price of Coffee

Inflation has non-intuitive implications on debt.

Jan 2 • 

Karen Stevenson

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