Hillary Flunks Economics 101
Overall, business investments are directly correlated with higher levels of job creation, better wages, less destitution, and more economic security. That’s a basic fact from Economics 101 that shouldn’t be hard...
About: Ralph R. Reiland
Posts by Ralph R. Reiland
Left-wing Populism
Still, nothing will likely be said at the Philly convention about how Hillary Clinton put the little guys in the crosshairs when Bill Clinton handed her the job of reforming the...
Cops, Blacks & Deadly Force
A new study by a Harvard economics professor finds no racial bias in the use of lethal force by law enforcement. ...
Selective Diversity
President Obama’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice stated in her May 11th Commencement Address at Florida International University that there are too many white males in top jobs in America’s national security...
Partisan “Fairness”
Virginia’s Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order that mandates the re-enfranchisement of more than 206,000 felons, restoring voting rights for an ex-con assemblage of likely Democratic voters who are disproportionately...
Bernie’s Wacky Economics
A free degree that puts someone in the unemployment line is about as valuable as a sub-prime loan that puts a house into foreclosure. ...
How the World Works
Perhaps not to Millennials, but the economic performance is undeniable. What works best in delivering the goods is capitalism. ...
Economic Folly, Uninterrupted
Since we’re unsure whether Hillary Clinton will be indicted before the presidential campaign is over, it seems too early to count out Bernie Sanders, too soon to stop the scrutiny of...
Holiday Faux Pas
I didn’t even know it was a problem, but it appears that some of the politically correct people Down Under have found a way to stop Santa Clauses from making hookers...
Yes, the End Is Near
Right between the dog calendars and wartime calendars featuring American military jets was the “Yes, the end is near” Obama calendar — “The out-of-office countdown, 2016 through the glorious end! January 20,...
Too Brittle for School?
Students, in the name of emotional well-being, are increasingly protesting for protection from words and ideas they don’t like. ...
Producing Less Education and More Murders
What began as well-intentioned policies and protests to help out the oppressed and downtrodden is now directly subjecting the intended beneficiaries to poorer learning environments and more murderous neighborhoods. ...
Price and Demand: Cars and Labor
A basic principle from Economics 101 is that the downward sloping demand curve — the graph showing an inverse relationship between the price of something and the amount that people are...
Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics
Reagan’s economic policies produced a strong and positive outcome with economic growth, job creation and declines in joblessness and underemployment, key economic improvements that disproportionately help the poor and unemployed. ...
Papalnomics — Not So Infallible
Bolivian president Evo Morales, reported the Guardian, presented Pope Francis with an unusual gift during his trip to Bolivia — “a sculpted wooden hammer and sickle — the symbol of communism...