Inevitable changes and reversion to long term trends

Technological changes do happen, turning past production functions obsolete. Sometimes there is a certain gradualism that enables economic agents and institutions to adjust; sometimes, time is too short for it. The present economic and financial circumstances seem to...

Joe the Plumber and oil prices

Here is what Joe knows: he has been paying on average US$ 110 per barrel of oil for the first 9 months of this year, or 66% more than last year’s average price of US$ 66 per barrel. Moreover, he has been paying three times more than long term average prices of oil of...