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Baseball Inflation: How a 500-Fold Increase Knocked Baseball Salaries Out of the Park

After a long and dreary winter, baseball season is finally underway—just in time for the news that inflation has hit a 40-year high. The salaries of our favorite baseball players are subject to their own sort of inflation. This particular inflation rate towers over the Consumer Price Index (CPI) typically used to quantify inflation. [To […]

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Economics Inflation Money Op-Ed

Money-Supply Inflation and Its Painful Fix

This article is the first in a three-part series explaining why the economic inflation we are experiencing was all-too-predictable, and outlining the things that ordinary citizens can do by way of self-protection to hedge against it and enhance their finances. The first topic of discussion will be government mismanagement of the money supply and the […]

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Highlights Money

Expensivity by the Square Foot: Palaces, Castles, and Mansions

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree… How do the abodes of today’s ultra-rich compare with the established residences of royalty? If you’re looking for splash and pizzazz, especially with respect to raw square footage, today’s ultra-rich mostly don’t measure up to the royal families and rulers of yesteryear. On the other […]

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Economics Highlights Money Resources

The US Pizza Index

America’s love story with pizza is 75 years old – and Americans started flirting with pizza pie well over a century ago. Lombardi’s, in New York City, is most commonly cited as America’s first pizzeria – this Little Italy joint opened in 1905. Pizza-chomping Italians had entered the States before the turn of the 20th […]

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Investing

Meme War: GameStop, Hedge Funds & The Battle for Wall Street

Share this graphic on your site! Source: Expensivity MemeWar – The Battle for Wall Street What happened to GameStop stock was arguably wilder and more exciting than some of the video games it sells. GameStop’s GameStop (GME) stock was trading around $18 in early January 2021 Elon Musk tweets “Gamestonk!” which drew extra attention to […]

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Crypto

How Much Money Per Day Can You Make With a Bitaxe Supra 410 Mining Bitcoin

Out of the box, expect to make nothing. Because the Bitaxe is configured to run on a solo pool. Running bitaxe on a solo pool is like expecting to win the lottery. It may happen. You may get lucky. But the chances are next to zero. However, if you choose to put your Bitaxe on […]

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Crypto

How To Connect Your Bitaxe to a Shared Bitcoin Mining Pool

I bought a Bitaxe 401 Supra the other day to get myself acclimated to bitcoin mining. This Bitaxe is setup running AxeOS. The nice thing about the 401 Supra is that it’s very efficient and runs at about 17-20 w/TH (that’s the amount of electric consumed per hashing power). It’s also using the BM1368 ASIC […]

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Credit Cards

Capital One Credit Cards vs Credit One Bank Cards

Whether you’re looking for cash back rewards, travel perks, or credit-building, there’s a credit card out there tailored for your needs. By doing your research, you, too, can find your perfect match! This Capital One credit cards vs Credit One Bank cards review can help you decide which card is right for you. Capital One […]

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