Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investing, markets and Berkshire Hathaway. In reality, Charlie was the “architect” of the present Berkshire, and I ...

Billy came home from school, crying, and told his dad that a classmate at school was charging $1.25 for a candy bar, and he and his classmates couldn't afford the price. "That's inflation," shouted ...

Here are some lessons I’ve learned in today’s troubled world: Jobs and free market opportunities, not big government programs and subsidies, are the answers to poverty. CNN and MSNBC provide mostly ...

To the editor — What do you call somebody who pays $270,000 in damages and fines, and then turns around and pays another $500,000 for doing the same thing again? A slow learner. The recent letter ...