toddbuchholzmailAug 24, 2020How to Fix the Rocketing Debt: WWII LessonsThe U.S. look, not just ill, but broke. To offset the COVID-induced Great Cessation, the Federal Reserve and Congress have pumped in...
toddbuchholzmailMay 11, 20204 Ways to Conquer a Business CrisisThe coronavirus death rate is unknown, but the corporate death rate is clear. About 90 percent of the companies that made up the Fortune...
toddbuchholzmailMar 23, 2020Make America Fun Again: Pass a Summer Stimulus Now Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam argued in "Bowling Alone" (2000) that Americans were spending less time together. Today...
toddbuchholzmailAug 29, 2019Is the Staycation Dead? Deregulation and Social Media Spur TravelLabor Day once conjured up old-fashioned images of dad throwing burgers and hot dogs onto a charcoal-fired grill. It was the original...
toddbuchholzmailJun 5, 2019The U.S. Economy's Dirty Little SecretHere is the scariest secret in economics today: the U.S. has benefitted from the global slump. The U.S. economy hums along, even while UK...
toddbuchholzmailMay 9, 2019AIRBNB SLAYS INFLATIONThis Spring’s big betting questions are, Which team will win the NBA crown? What Broadway musical will capture the Tony Award? And why is...
toddbuchholzmailMay 7, 2019A FED FOR THE FUTUREToday’s Wall Street Journal features my oped on a 21st Century Federal Reserve Board. The Fed map is so antiquated, it could’ve been...
toddbuchholzmailMay 7, 2019DUNGEONS, DRAGONS, AND THE PRESIDENTDoes President Trump model his trade and foreign policy based on game theory? What game? Read this intriguing piece by Grace Buchholz...
toddbuchholzmailMay 7, 2019SIMON SAYS “IMMIGRATE AND ADOPT”Before Neil Simon left us for some Broadway in the sky, he taught much about immigration and the American dream. Brighton Beach Memoirs...
toddbuchholzmailMay 7, 2019MORE FLIGHTS, MORE SCIENCE!Sure, make fun of airplane travel. Every comedian from Bob Hope to Chris Rock has a riff. But deregulating airlines has been one of the...
toddbuchholzmailMay 7, 2019HEALTHCARE: AMERICA’S REAL DEFENSE PROBLEMThe U.S. has a defense problem. I am not talking about missiles, grenades, and F-16s. I am talking about defensive medicine. Because...
toddbuchholzmailApr 2, 2019FREE EDUCATION APPS AND FREE MARKETSHere’s a wide-ranging interview from Power Engineering in which I discuss the “scissors economy,” Ben Stein’s lust for poultry, the...
toddbuchholzmailApr 2, 2019WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORKMy book Rush urges people to avoid early retirement. To be blunt, impolitic, and impolite, early retirement can make people more stupid...
toddbuchholzmailApr 2, 2019AIRBUS SUPERJUMBO BLUNDERWas the Airbus A380 doomed from the start? This week Airbus axed the jumbo jet. In 2007 my book New Ideas from Dead Ceos argued that the...
toddbuchholzmailApr 2, 2019AN “OUTRAGEOUS” IDEA ON CHINA TRADEI have presented a new idea for President Trump and China. Mr. Trump should urge China to cancel some of its U.S. debt. A former U.S....