Latest articles by John Aziz
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Do artificial fossil fuels have a future?
feature A new technology lets researchers create synthetic energy by stripping carbon dioxide from the air
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It's time for America to end ethanol subsidies
feature Corn that is inefficiently converted into fuel for cars is corn that isn't efficiently converted into fuel for humans
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Are we spending too much or too little on infrastructure?
feature American infrastructure has improved since the 80s. But it still may be inadequate.
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How asteroid mining could add trillions to the world economy
feature An asteroid less than a mile in diameter could hold more than $20 trillion in industrial and precious metals
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Unemployment isn't voluntary
feature There are still about 3 unemployed people for every 1 job opening in America
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The contradiction at the heart of banking
feature Banks are expected to be safe-keepers and risk-takers at the same time. How is that supposed to work?
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The great Beanie Baby bubble
feature Shockingly, stuffed animals are not a fantastic investment after all
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How to avoid an economic bubble
feature Look no further than the flailing job market
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Is inflation really picking up?
feature The signals are mixed, but probably not
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Britain has basically decriminalized internet piracy. The U.S. should, too.
feature Internet piracy is bad for the economy. It's also impossible to police.
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Can we use skyscrapers to predict financial crashes?
feature A look at the historical record shows a strong correlation between the construction of big buildings and market meltdowns
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Prohibition didn't work for liquor — so why ban banking?
feature Outlawing conventional banking is a really, really bad idea
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The progressive case for ending the minimum wage
feature It's a 20th-century solution for a 21st-century problem
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The Fed's stimulus worked out great (if you're rich)
feature Inflation wasn't the problem. Inequality was.
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Don't hate the 'poor door'
feature It's just a cosmetic symptom of a much deeper problem
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With the world in flames, why is the economic recovery still going strong?
feature The Middle East is falling apart. Planes are falling out of the sky. And market don't care.
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The main lesson of Argentina's debt nightmare
feature The root cause of Argentina's woes should be familiar to many Europeans
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Why won't inflation conspiracy theories just die already?
feature Personal experience may tell us that inflation is rising. But it is not the whole story — not by a long shot.
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Even critics of the euro didn't see this coming
feature Recent studies show that the trade boost between eurozone countries didn't turn out as expected
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Rejoice! Businesses are investing!
feature All the pieces for a strong economic recovery are finally coming together
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Would a bubble be good for the American economy?
feature A boom is not the same thing as a bubble
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The U.S. dollar has been strengthening for 3 straight years! (That's not good news.)
feature Has the dollar grown too strong?
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Why Microsoft was smart to spend $2.5 billion on a low-fi game based on computerized Lego blocks
feature The computer industry is changing. Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft is a heartening sign that the company knows it.
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Does solar energy have a battery problem?
feature The energy technology of the future faces a triple-A kind of conundrum
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