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Chris Lester is The Star's assistant managing editor/business. His columns appear on Tuesday. To reach him, write in care of the business desk at 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108, call (816) 234-4424 or send e-mail to clester@kcstar.com.
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The upcoming holiday offers a fine time to ponder how money has made people behave so far this year. So here are random thoughts for random thinkers on the defining economic trends of the moment.
It’s a small world after all. And it’s getting smaller quickly — particularly when it comes to energy.
Don’t move. Don’t eat. We’ll be fine. Easier said than done, isn’t it?
Robert Shiller is the furthest thing from an econo-quack. Indeed, he’s one of the best-known economists in the land.
Few things focus the mind as much as 3-foot-tall signs showing the price of something we routinely buy shooting sky-high.
Here’s a friendly piece of advice. Don’t refuse money in the mail. It’s sort of a rule.
Let’s do a gas-tax holiday. That will solve our problems at the pump. Brilliant! All I can figure is that presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton must have been swilling Guinness before deciding to endorse a summertime federal gas-tax holiday.
While perusing the results of our annual Star 50 data crunch, the temptations of pro forma accounting become obvious.
In many markets across the country these days, a 3 percent year-over-year decline in average existing home sales prices would prompt sighs of relief, if not outright cheers.
There’s news from the Federal Reserve. No, not that the Fed’s monetary policy committee is meeting today and Wednesday to consider what to do about our current economic malaise.
