Dollars and Sense Trump Just Got Handed Tehran’s Own Timetable: Senior Voices in Iran Say They Will Stretch the War Past the Midterms Trump told a Dallas convention crowd the Iran war ends right after the midterms, accusing Tehran of dragging it out to swing the election.... Jack BuckbySeptember 10, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Only Thing Keeping Your Gas Cheap Is About to Run Out — and Oil Insiders Say It Could Happen Next Month Thanks to Iran War The world continues to live in mass delusion when it comes to the fallout from the Iran War. But even the most delusional are... Brandon WeichertJune 5, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Stock Market Is Booming. But the Iran War Means the Mother of All Recessions Could Be Coming If you wanted to buy a physical barrel of oil on the global market, it would in no way be commensurate with what the... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War’s Next Casualty Isn’t Your Gas Tank — It’s the Oil That Keeps Your Engine Running The war with Iran is causing a global oil shortage, but there are other economic impacts that most Americans rarely think about. Reports now... Jack BuckbyJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Ukraine Is Running Out of Soldiers. Its New Defense Minister Has a Radical Plan to Keep Fighting Without Them When Ukraine’s parliament confirmed its new defense minister this January, it made a bet almost no country at war would dare: it handed its... Isaac SeitzJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense America Is Quietly Keeping the Rest of the World’s Oil Flowing — by Draining the Emergency Reserve It Built for Itself The United States is drawing down both its emergency oil reserves and commercial stockpiles as the war with Iran continues. In an effort to... Jack BuckbyJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Why the Iran War’s Trajectory May Hinge on China’s Strategic Oil Reserves Summary and Key Points: Almost every conversation about the Iran War points the same way — toward Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, the warships... Andrew LathamJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Everyone’s Watching Gas Prices. The Fuel That Could Actually Break the Economy Is the One Almost No One Talks Abou Summary and Key Points: Here’s a thought experiment one national security analyst can’t shake: what if the Strait of Hormuz simply stays closed —... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense The OECD’s Worst-Case Scenario for the Iran War Ends in a Recession Rivaling 2008 — and the Ceasefire Is Already Breaking Down Summary and Key Points – For years, the economists’ watchlist was the same: AI, debt, trade, and demographics. The OECD just rewrote it. Its... Brandon WeichertJune 3, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Has Already Hit Your Gas Tank. Next, Economists Warn, It’s Coming for Your Grocery Bill Summary and Key Points: So far, the Iran War has hit Americans where they expected: at the gas pump, where prices have jumped 35%... Isaac SeitzJune 3, 2026