What do the negative price of oil and fields of discarded potatoes have in common? They point to a market increasingly abstracted from reality. Unfortunately, the real-world consequences are anything but abstract.
Read MoreLike a cavity that starts at the enamel and eventually hollows out a whole tooth, so too has the larger economy been hollowing out the local capability to be self-reliant.
Read MoreTennessee going maintenance only, demolition on Main Street, the death of oil drillers, QE forever and don't be poor and drive.
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