The Rustbelt Reader

News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

News Items: Interesting, important or both.

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

What’s old is new again. Because character doesn’t change with the headlines.

Boom, bust, repeat — 1929 and the timeless cycle of ambition, speculation, and reckoning

How to avoid the biggest mistake investors make! Always flying red flags – plus a few green flags, too, that are Off Everybody's Radar.

A daily look into the thinking of veteran macro investor Bob Elliott as he navigates some of the most challenging market dynamics he's seen over his career.