Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, August 2019

Volatile Year Coming
  • August 30, 2019

Volatile Year Coming

We have reached Labor Day weekend which, in the US, is a holiday for honoring work and workers. If you’re a Baby Boomer like me, you also grew up knowing school was about to start again. We didn’t do the mid-August thing back then. The first day of school was the day after Labor Day. That meant entering a new grade with unknown challenges.

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Digging a Hole to China
  • August 23, 2019

Digging a Hole to China

Good news: The trade war is over. No, it’s getting worse. Or maybe it is ending but it could start again tomorrow.

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What I Learned at Camp Kotok
  • August 16, 2019

What I Learned at Camp Kotok

I am back from my 14th annual Maine fishing camp and the mood was decidedly different this year. The private event at Leen’s Lodge is generally called Camp Kotok in honor of David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors who started these outings many years ago. CNBC and others began calling it the “Shadow Fed” but it is really just a meeting of wickedly smart people focused on economics and markets. (I am allowed to attend for comic relief.) Throw in a little fishing, more fabulous food and wine than...

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Larry Kotlikoff on The Big Con
  • August 9, 2019

Larry Kotlikoff on The Big Con

I have a special treat for you. I’m at Camp Kotok, the annual economics/fishing retreat in Maine. Knowing internet connectivity would be scarce here, I asked good friend Larry Kotlikoff to be your guest writer this week.

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An Opportunity in the Chaos
  • August 2, 2019

An Opportunity in the Chaos

One reason the economy is so fascinating is the way things just… happen. Growth blossoms if everyone just follows their own incentives and nothing gets in the way. The courage, vision and passion of entrepreneurs and those who risk their money backing them is one of the most inspiring aspects of modern civilization. Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand of now tens of millions of businesses, small and large and giant, working to produce and deliver inventions, technologies and cures that help us all....

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