David Moon

David Moon writes: Social media economists can cherry-pick data to "prove" almost any conclusion.

You are excused if you are confused about the second-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures that were released Aug. 28.

Would you accept free money for life if you knew someone else would get way more than you did?

Before 1980, student debt was the exception, not the rule. Something happened around 1983 that allowed (or caused) tuition costs to skyrocket.

Congress will begin offering explicit corporate sponsorships. The 119th Congress will proudly be "brought to you by Visiting Angels and Metamucil."

It is completely acceptable – no, advisable – to question supposed authority figures, especially when something fails the smell test.

It’s probably easier to change your mind when you don’t attach your ego to your positions – something that all successful investors eventually learn.

AI will render some job categories obsolete. But it will almost certainly provide a net benefit to society, just as most technological advancements.

Apply your own logic detector to broad, sweeping conclusions about complex subjects such as human behaviors,

New technologies are frequently used to dupe people, either for harmless fun or nefarious purposes. Always check the source of your information.

The annual interest cost is about equal to what the federal government spends on transportation, housing and food/agriculture – combined.

If you don’t like the anarchy version of college football, don’t blame name, image and likeness deals. Blame college presidents and NCAA executives.

The problem is that the federal government is trying to force a shift for which there is currently neither the demand nor infrastructure to support.

People who are habitually late and then blame it on being busy also annoy me this Thanksgiving weekend.

Always use two-factor authorization, don’t ever give your cell number to a cyber-stranger, and examine email addresses closely.

Closing downtown streets for special events is one thing, but Cumberland Avenue’s revamp should serve as a warning.

Distilling a lot of complicated and volatile data series into a single number suggests a false precision that isn’t matching most people’s reality.

As a businesswoman, the singer displays impressive attention to detail, especially with legal and investment matters.

Any change that quickly occurs on a large scale produces unintended consequences, especially when the change is inorganic.

I suspect a lot of money is inappropriately taken from investors a little a time, over years, by excessive (and usually legal) fees and expenses.