Captain Capitalism

Well it's a first for Captain Capitalism as this (are you ready? are you sitting down?) is the very first time I've made a post... O...

So it was 1984 and I was about 9 years old whenst I was last in Canada. I fondly remember threatening my younger sister that we'd push ...

Hee hee hee! Trouble in paradise? I love it when the fake richey riches have to pay the piper. I also forecast something nobody else has fo...

Alvaro Uribe Amazing what happens when you put the grown ups in charge; actual progress. I would love to pit Hugo Chavez's and Evo Moral...

One of my favorite movies is Ice Age. Manny the large, ornery mammoth and Sid the Sloth take this human infant and try to reunite it with it...

Hi All, Busy week here in Cappy Cap World, for some reason the spring and warm weather has boosted my work load (studies on GDP growth versu...

Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has just received what he deems to be LITERALLY the best compliment he has ever received; "You're...

I love these charts! Thanks to Dr. Bob for forwarding the info. Remember these charts when it comes to tax season and the next time some one...

I would have thought Latin America would be poorly ranked. Would be curious to see how tropical temperatures and climes affect this.

You just got got to be amazed with China. Europe gets all giggity giggity when they have positive economic growth, we stroke our beards here...

This was sent to me a while ago, never got around to posting it. But I love it. The Museum of Communism, right next to the McDonald's a...

Normally if somebody came up to me and said, "hey I want to build some condos in Florida, what do you think?" I'd say, "G...

There are examples throughout stock market history of the stock market experiencing 20 year dry spells where after 20 years the market didn...

Mike Hodges over at the Grandfather Report is kind of one of the original inspirations of Captain Capitalism because during my research prev...

As you all know instead of going on with lengthy legal disclaimers about investing if I wish to talk about investing, I opt instead to pick ...

So I saw this on Fox News and I highlighted something I found odd. So aspiring and/or junior deputy economists, anybody want to tell me what...

What I find interesting is that, presumably, people that are much higher ranked than me, with much higher offices and fancier cars are paid ...

Thought this might be a funny one to repost. Sad though. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/25/nivf25.xml&sS...

To the best Economists in the world! THE IRISH!

Wanted to talk about this on The Dave Thompson Show last week, but we didn't have time. Won't be back on the air for a while, but w...