Economic Commentary - The New American

World Oil Glut Swells to 3 Billion Barrels, Driving Prices Down Further

For political and economic reasons, the world oil glut is unlikely to end anytime soon. This will keep oil prices low for the...

Bob Adelmann November 16, 2015

Tracking Freedom’s Decline in America

Bob Adelmann September 17, 2015

Studies tracking the decline of personal and economic freedom in the United States confirm Thomas Jefferson's warning about liberty yielding and government growing....

Interest-rate Increase Could Trigger Global Recession

Bob Adelmann September 15, 2015

With the entire planet over-leveraged with cheap debt, it won't take much to begin the deleveraging. ...

The Ripple Effect of Rising Interest Rates

Bob Adelmann September 9, 2015

The jobs opening report could be the trigger that unleashes the delayed consequences of the Fed's "zero interest rate policy." ...

“Gig” Economy Ending Lifetime Careers, Opening Opportunities

Bob Adelmann August 5, 2015

The "gig" or freelance economy is a dynamic economy, and the statists are having a tough time trying to adapt. ...

Pressure Increasing to Reopen Export-Import Bank

Bob Adelmann July 15, 2015

Companies that habitually took advantage of the Export-Import Bank's largesse are funding efforts to resurrect it. ...

The Root Cause of Greece’s Problems: Socialism

Bob Adelmann July 13, 2015

If Greece doesn’t wish to become a vassal of the EU, a successful exit will require character and determination to throw off its...

“Job-creating” ObamaTrade Requires Subsidies for Displaced U.S. Workers

C. Mitchell Shaw June 12, 2015

In a glaring example of Orwellian double-think, advocates of ObamaTrade say that it will create jobs while at the same time saying that...

Study Shows 40 Percent of Unemployed Have Given Up on Finding a Job

Raven Clabough May 26, 2015

While the U.S. Department of Labor continues to tout decreased unemployment rates, the reality is that a significant portion of the unemployed have...

Driverless Cars to Disrupt Industry, Benefit Consumers

Bob Adelmann May 21, 2015

Once again the free market is working its magic — this time in the automotive field, with driverless cars and leased cars. Its...

CEI Report: 3,554 New Regulations in 2014

Raven Clabough May 13, 2015

Further evidence of the federal government’s vast overreach can be found in a report out of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) that reveals...

Do Negative Interest Rates Portend a Negative Economy?

Bob Adelmann May 4, 2015

Keynesian experiments with the economy are having, once again, unintended consequences. Freshly created money, instead of acting as a stimulant, is acting as...

Boston University Economist Calls Out Congress on Enormous Fiscal Gap

Bob Adelmann March 12, 2015

According to a Boston University economics professor who specializes in generational accounting, U.S. agencies are intentionally deceiving the public into believing that the...