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This year started with a thud rather than a bang as financial markets across the globe saw major selloffs. Analysts liberally assigned the cause of the panic to fears about oil, fears about China, fears about terrorism, fears about deflation, fears about who knows what—perhaps fears about fears. But whatever was driving the alarm appears to have faded. Major stock indexes have already regained much of the ground...
The good news is that El Nino came back in 2016 bringing with it much needed rains and a snowpack that is already well above normal. California’s drought may not be gone—in fact it could go on for some time—but its effects are clearly reduced. That doesn’t mean we should stop talking about water, however. There will be another drought in the state—possibly worse than the last one....
As we kick off 2016 here at No Nonsense Economics it’s the perfect time to give a nod to the ‘official’ start of the presidential election year. This week’s Iowa caucus has once again raised eyebrows – and hackles. The amount of time and money candidates spend in this small mid western farm state is truly astonishing—not to mention the time and money spent by media organizations that...