The Price of Inflation The Price of Inflation
Bush is using inflation to pay off the deficits incurred by his Administration, leaving future generations with more problems than just debt.
Mar 8, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...
Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Elegy for GM–and Ourselves Elegy for GM–and Ourselves
When General Motors goes down, it will take us all down with it.
Feb 21, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Freezing Their Assets Freezing Their Assets
Among the superrich, there's a growing desire to freeze themselves and their bank accounts in hopes of rising again. Talk about Groundhog Day.
Feb 14, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Pension? What Pension? Pension? What Pension?
The stampede is on in corporate America to freeze or pare back pension benefits. And that will leave most of us out in the cold.
Feb 8, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.
Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman