Honest writing about purchasing power, inflation, and what your money actually buys — wherever you are in the world.
May 28, 2026
On the morning of March 10, 2023, California banking regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank and handed control to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It was the second-largest bank failure in Am…
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If you've been following exchange rates in West Africa, you already know the story. The Nigerian naira has been on a rough ride against the US dollar for years …
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In April 2022, Sri Lanka made history in the worst possible way. The island nation of 22 million people announced it was suspending payments on its external debt — the first sovereign default in the c…
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You've probably heard the pitch before. "Move to Mexico and live like a king on $2,000 a month!" It's all over expat forums, YouTube channels, and retirement bl…
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On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — the largest bankruptcy filing in American history, covering $639 billion in assets. What followed was not a correcti…
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If you've been following Turkey's economy, you've probably seen the headlines. Inflation cooling. The central bank raising rates. A more "orthodox" monetary pol…
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If you've been following Argentina's economic saga, you already know it reads less like a financial report and more like a thriller novel. But even by Argentina…
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