Fed Nominee Yellen, a Staunch Inflationist and Establishmentarian
If the U.S. Senate confirms Obama Fed nominee Janet Yellen, she will use her power to ensure the continued ascendancy of the “money...
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Rough Road to Recovery
President Obama has claimed that America is well on its way to economic recovery, but if job figures, incomes, inflation, and debt are...
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Why the Government Shutdown Is a Welcome Development
The very fact that the government shutdown has forced Washington to admit that much of what it does is “non-essential” is an important...
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Salon Acknowledges “Elites’ Strange Plot to Take Over the World”
Salon’s Matt Stoller apparently feels that the 20th-century drive to create world government — obvious in hindsight — is now far enough in...
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North American Union: From NAFTA to the NAU
NAFTA was a major step toward an EU-style North American Union; but grassroots pushback has caused elitists to shift strategy to Pacific Rim...
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The U.S. “Homeland”
While a full-blown North American Union (NAU) analogous to the up-and-running European Union may still be a distant dream for internationalists, in one...
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Planetary Resources Announces Plans for Crowdfunded Space Telescope
On May 29 Planetary Resources, one of two private concerns hoping to someday mine near-earth asteroids, announced plans for the first-ever crowdfunded space...
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The Public Pillorying of Apple for Legally Reducing Tax Burden
Last week’s show trial of Apple Computer on Capitol Hill ended up being more of an indictment of the Republican Party than of...
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Cyprus Openly Defies the EU
Four days into the worst crisis to hit the island nation since the 1974 invasion by Turkey, Cyprus’ lawmakers did the unthinkable and...
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Will the EU Sink Cyprus?
The specter of default has reached the shores of Cyprus, the latest country in the Eurozone to require an EU bailout in order...
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Major U.S. Companies Park Money Overseas to Save on Taxes
In a stunning depiction of how bad our tax code has become, the Wall Street Journal on March 10 found that 60 major...
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Obama the Deficit Hawk?
President Obama, on whose watch the federal debt has grown by more than $5.9 trillion, and during whose administration America has become drearily...
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It’s Baaack! Obama’s Minimum Wage Folly
When President Obama announced a proposed hike in the federal minimum wage rate in his State of the Union address last week, the...
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Fiscal Debt: Charging Ahead
Congressional fiscal debates are making headlines, but in reality our representatives are unlikely to substantially cut spending — despite the harsh consequences of...
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Fiscal Cliff Repercussions
Now that President Obama and most of his key congressional allies are safely re-elected and the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiated, the full consequences...
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