Mortgage Summit: No New Ideas
When Kevin Hall, writing for McClatchy Newspapers, said “the Obama administration got what it was looking for at its summit on the future...
Economic Commentary
Only $5.6 Million to Create One $47,000/Year Job!
They're from the government and they're here to help us ... for a price...
“The Ecstasy of Empire” and the Agony of Tyranny
Infowars.com, the website founded by self-described “aggressive constitutionalist” Alex Jones, published an article by...
Getting Jobbed by the Government
Item: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said not long ago that unemployment insurance is...
Stossel Unhappy with Greenspan
When John Stossel of Fox Business Network wrote his recent “Memo to Alan Greenspan”...
Bringing Sanity to the Home Mortgage Market
Most people — except possibly the American political class — know that one of...
Unemployment Claims Jump to 484,000
The continuing implosion of the U.S. economy in the aftermath of unprecedented federal bailouts...
The Fed Is Caught in Its Own Trap
The much-anticipated, long-awaited pronouncement from the Fed yesterday confirmed what nearly everyone else expected:...
Wage Gap Widens Between Private and Public Sectors
According to a new study by the Cato Institute, the gap between the haves...
Behind Friday’s Jobs Report: The Real Numbers
Buried in Friday’s employment report from the Department of Labor Statistics were two key...
Recession or Recovery: Symptoms and Salves
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s assurance that the Great Recession is over will undoubtedly convince...
“Stimulated” Out of Jobs
Item: Speaking in Canada where he was attending the Group of 20 summit, “President...
Geithner: Welcome to Reality
Claims that “we are on a path back to growth” by Treasury Secretary Timothy...
Bernanke: Fed Could ‘Step Into New Areas’
Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke told Congress this week that despite not having any...
Paul Craig Roberts: America Has Become an Oligarchy of Private Interests
Earlier this year, it looked as if columnist Paul Craig Roberts had hung up...
Financial Overhaul Law Boon to Financial Overlords
A triumphant and triumphalist President Obama signed the financial overhaul bill into law July...
Great Depression: Here We Go Again?
The unremitting flow of negative news about the economy has finally caught the attention...
Next Banking Crisis Could be Coming Soon
Central bankers and analysts are warning of another credit crisis just around the corner...
Still Waiting for the Recovery
The economy has gained either 2.5 million jobs or 3.6 million jobs since the...
Small Banks Struggle Despite Bailout Funds
The Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is wreaking havoc on hundreds of...