The Lonely Realist is a bridge across the partisan gap, raising questions and making pointed observations about politics, economics, international relations and the markets. Its goal is to raise awareness and inspire thought on controversial issues that impact America and Americans, highlighting issues that should be, but rarely are, the focus of bipartisan discussion.
In seeking to promote dialogue, The Lonely Realist is not an advocate of conclusions or remedies. To the extent perceived biases leak into these pages, as they sometimes do, please ignore them. They are inadvertent missteps.
“Reserve currencies never die; they just fade away.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... A number of readers have challenged TLR’s assertion that the US Dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” is eroding. They are skeptical that any level of actual de-dollarization is...
“What does a declining U.S. population portend?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that America’s population for the 12-month period from July 2024 to July 2025 increased by only 1.8 million, or 0.5%…, which...
“That’s a quote from a reader. Government numbers are confusing. Can they be reconciled?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The recent inflation data released by America’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was tame. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose...
“America is at war with the world…, and the world has caught on.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... If you’ve been avoiding the news – as many are apt to do these days –, you may be unaware of...
TLR’s most important narratives center on bridging America’s divisions …, and 2020 provided plenty of grist for that mill.Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Progress in any culture and any political system requires a constant re-examination of goals and realities. In America today,
Government RegulationLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Is government regulation good for America … or bad for America? The answer, of course, is that sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad. How can you tell the difference? The goal of regulation is to
The Role of the Corporation in AmericaLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… America’s corporations and their CEOs – in fact, the concept of corporatism and American Capitalism themselves – have been under attack from a broad swathe of the public. What was conventional
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William (Bill) Natbony is The Lonely Realist, its author and originator. The opinions expressed in TLR are solely Bill’s opinions, have not been edited or reviewed, and do not reflect the views or opinions or any other person.
