This week’s Courier Herald column: Why the heck was Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in Davos Switzerland this week? Some that asked that question genuinely wanted to know the answer. To many in the populist wing of the Republican party, it was more of a statement, heavy with implied derision. In those circles, “Davos” is a
This week’s Courier Herald column: On October 27th, the European Union reached a deal to ban the sale of cars powered by gasoline and diesel fuel by 2035. Given that 2024 models will begin hitting showrooms in just a few months, that’s just 11 model years from now. In auto life cycles, that’s roughly two
This week’s Courier Herald column. I was in one of my favorite local restaurants in Brunswick Georgia last week, an area I’ve been more than not for the past year and a half. Enough time that on some documents I’ve now started to call Glynn County “home”. The place is a favorite of mine for
This week’s Courier Herald column: You’ve likely seen the meme shared on Facebook. It purports to be an electric car graveyard in France. There are variations on the text surrounding the photo, but the conclusion suggested is generally the same: EV’s are bad because the expensive batteries soon go bad and the cars are junked,
This week’s Courier Herald column: This should come as no surprise, but I didn’t win the recent $1.3 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Neither did you unless you’re holding a ticket bought in Des Plains, Illinois at the end of July. That’s Ok. While it’s fun to dream, it’s better to plan. Most of our
This week’s Courier Herald column: The United States Economy shrank .9% for the second quarter of this year, according to the Commerce Department. This follows a contraction of 1.6% in the first quarter. Economists generally consider two consecutive quarters of decline as the definition of recession. Officially, the National Bureau of Economic Research declares whether
This week’s Courier Herald column: Every year, usually during the first week the Georgia General Assembly convenes, the Governor delivers a state of the state address. It, much like the President’s State of the Union speech, is often a mix of how things are, with a heavier emphasis on the agenda the executive branch would
This week’s Courier Herald column: As this column is filed, President Joe Biden is en route to the Middle East. With domestic policy dominated by increasing inflation, the trip will highlight U.S. economic and security interests via Israel’s role within the region, Iran’s march toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and the headline issue, getting Saudi Arabia
This week’s Courier Herald column: In the past few weeks I’ve written a series of columns that have attempted to explain the current economic conditions, what the Federal Reserve is doing to combat inflation and the likely implications of their moves, and tried to break down the formal economic terms we hear and read in
This week’s Courier Herald column: The Federal Reserve, ignoring the simulative fiscal policies of the past few years, chose to ignore the early signs of inflation and called it “transitory”. The U.S. is now experiencing the worst inflation since the 1980’s and even the Fed had to admit it was surprised that inflation increased between
