If Deficits Are This Huge Now, What Happens When The Recession Hits?
In a world where government borrowing allows spending to balloon even in times of falling revenue, we’re setting the stage for future problems…
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Media Focus On Mass Shootings Shows Disconnect From Actual Crime Trends
Most Americans murdered this year will be victims of the sort we see in Baltimore where ordinary murders of the non-mass-shooting variety continue…
Continue readingThe Interest Rate Cut Shows The Fed Is Either Clueless Or Lying, Or Both
If the economy needs a rate cut under these conditions, it’s hard to imagine a situation in which the Fed will be enthusiastic about another rate increase…
Continue readingConsumers Will Decide If Women’s Sports Teams Get “Equal Pay”
If the fans want the women to be paid more than the men, the consumers will have to spend more…
Continue readingThe American Revolution Was A Free-Trade Revolution
Then as now, American protectionists think themselves “egregiously maltreated, injured, cheated, and robbed” by foreigners who…
Continue readingCNN Admits There Are Serious Problems with Central Banks’ Low-Interest-Rate Policy
There are three big takeaways here, and it’s surprising CNN has mentioned them.
Continue readingBernie & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Declare War On The Poor With Anti-Credit Card Law
Naturally, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are framing the bill as something designed to help “ordinary people.” But in reality…
Continue readingBernie Sanders Tells America: Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps
We can see from Sanders’s own success in selling books that inequality is not necessarily a result of the wealthy exploiting the poor…
Continue readingVelcro, Straws & More: Capitalists (Unlike Environmentalists) Make Life Easier For Disabled
Useless products from greedy capitalists just trying to make a buck, or new products and services the world might be willing to pay for?
Continue readingWhy Trump Wants The Fed To Pump Even More Easy Money
Trump continues to labor under the mistaken impression that the threats to the economy come during the tightening stage of Fed policy. Here’s more…
Continue readingA College “Education” Has Little To Do With Education
College has less to do with education and more to do with a piece of paper that helps sustain membership in elite social circles…
Continue readingNew Houses Are Getting Smaller (But They’re Still Much Larger Than What Your Grandparents Had)
House sizes tend to fall during recessions, and average square footage has been declining since 2015…
Continue readingNo, You Don’t Need A $200,000 College Degree
We’re told that we ought to be subsidizing higher education even more, but you really don’t need a $200,000 degree. Here’s why…
Continue readingAmericans Continue To Flee From High-Tax States To Low-Tax States
This reinforces the well-entrenched trend of US residents moving from high-tax states to low tax states. What’s going on in your state? Find out right here…
Continue readingThe Government Shutdown Exposes Another Reason To Abolish The TSA
“…just one of the many pitfalls that come with federalizing airport security and making it all part of one giant, nationwide federal bureaucracy…”
Continue readingIn Praise Of Christmas Tree Salesmen
“Even in countries where firs and pines grow naturally, the continued popularity of Christmas trees would never have been possible without…”
Continue readingBuy More Luxury Gifts: It’s Good For Your Neighbors In Need
One of the more persistent myths about capitalism is that wealth and resources are “wasted” when spent on luxuries…
Continue readingGeorge H Bush’s Wars Set The Stage For 25 Years of Endless War
It started with Panama’s Noriega, the first in a long line of foreign politicians held up as the next “Hitler” by the American propaganda machine. Here’s more…
Continue readingMoney Supply Growth Falls To 8-Month Lows As Mortgage Rates Rise
Money supply growth can often be a helpful measure of economic activity, and right now money supply growth is slowing. Here are the details…
Continue readingNo Matter How You Vote, The New Congress Won’t Represent You
“…its hard to see how we can also call this “representative” or a system that transmits “consent” from the voters to…”
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