Germany builds 2 times as many cars as the United States does every year.  Considering the relative size and populations of these countries that’s pretty impressive.  But what makes it even more so is that the average German autoworker makes twice as much as the US worker.  So that’s 2 times as many cars, and [...]

Picture it. You’re sitting at a traffic light, 15 cars are in front of you, work is 20 minutes away and you’ve got a meeting in 10. The light turns green but it seems like no one is moving. Have you ever wondered why everyone doesn’t just go at the same time? We often think [...]

The following charts come from research by Exxon.  They paint the picture of where we’re headed in terms of energy use and consumption in 2040.  For the most part, things seem to look pretty good.  But the caveat is the research could be biased given the source.  I doubt very much that is the case, [...]

There is no shortage of examples out there of government waste.  Fiscal conservatives believe that government, especially the federal government, just gets in the way.  In some cases, this is very true. When governments fund programs or initiatives, they often come with a number of strings attached.  This is likely a result of paranoia over [...]

“Call it a consumption tax, a luxury tax, or whatever. The name doesn’t matter. It’s a tax on buying more than you actually need. Taxing for the sake of taxing is bad, but taxing items with externalities on the surrounding world may not be a bad idea. The best example of this, especially in the [...]

Call it a consumption tax, a luxury tax, or whatever.  The name doesn’t matter.  It’s a tax on buying more than you actually need.  Taxing for the sake of taxing is bad, but taxing items with externalities on the surrounding world may not be a bad idea.  The best example of this, especially in the [...]

Many of you may not know when Weaknomics started.  It was back in the winter of 2008 and I was in the first job that really launched my career.  I bought a brand new car and paid off the loan in less than a year.  It was a bit of a splurge but I was [...]

Living a number of feet off the ground I have a few of traffic flows around a few blocks in my area.  A large number of commuters drive by so I get to see traffic flows like a bird might from above.  Of course we all have the benefit of sitting in traffic.  But for [...]