Dollars and Sense
The oil crisis grabbed the headlines. The food crisis may be the one that lasts. The Strait of Hormuz carries a third of the...
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Dollars and Sense
There’s much confusion dominating the international news and economics scene, as the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s seven major oil transit chokepoints,...
Dollars and Sense
The world continues to live in mass delusion when it comes to the fallout from the Iran War. But even the most delusional are...
Dollars and Sense
If you wanted to buy a physical barrel of oil on the global market, it would in no way be commensurate with what the...
Dollars and Sense
The war with Iran is causing a global oil shortage, but there are other economic impacts that most Americans rarely think about. Reports now...
Dollars and Sense
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...
Dollars and Sense
The United States is drawing down both its emergency oil reserves and commercial stockpiles as the war with Iran continues. In an effort to...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: Almost every conversation about the Iran War points the same way — toward Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, the warships...
Dollars and Sense
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 —...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points – For years, the economists’ watchlist was the same: AI, debt, trade, and demographics. The OECD just rewrote it. Its...