Wage Insurance: Paycheck Socialism
Although elements of socialism have slowly crept into the economy, President Obama's calls for wage insurance cross well over the line. Under his State of the Union proposal, American workers could...
Economics
Food Stamp Use Increases Despite Low Unemployment Rates
Despite declining unemployment rates, food stamp use is going up. Why is this happening? ...
Venezuela’s Central Bank Sues American Website
Venezuela's socialist government is enraged at an American website that since 2010 has been publishing unflattering information on Venezuela's rampant inflation and currency black market. ...
Are Economic Stimulus Programs Worth the Price of Admission?
The International Monetary Fund is urging G-20 nations to consider a coordinated implementation of fiscal and monetary stimulus to counteract signs of a slowing global economy. What does that mean, and...
Negative Interest Rates: Helpful Tool or Central Bank Madness?
Heavy doses of monetary policy have become the norm throughout the Western world over the past few decades, with the lowering of interest rates the most commonly utilized tool. Can interest...
Venezuela Could See Hyperinflation, Economic Collapse
With high levels of inflation and general economic malaise affecting Venezuala, some experts say the country has passed "the point of no return." ...
The Lessons of Ronald Reagan in Battling America’s Economic Malaise
Last Friday, the Commerce Department released its initial estimate of U.S. economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2015, and the news was grim for the economy. ...
$19 Trillion and Counting
Up and up goes the debt, freed now from any "debt ceilings." How and when the insanity will stop is anyone's guess. ...
CBO Report Projects $30 Trillion Deficit by 2026
A report released on Monday by the Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal debt will be $30 trillion within a decade, citing new spending, tax cuts, and ObamaCare as some...
Will the Fed’s Manipulations Lead to a Sound Money Revolution?
The Federal Reserve will not be audited any time soon, but its manipulations may soon lead to a sound money revolution. ...
Congress, White House Ignore Grim CBO Debt Report
With the country heading toward ever-increasing debt, neither the Republican Congress nor the Democrat president appear prepared to take the needed action to solve the problem. ...
Senate Blocks “Audit the Fed,” Preserving Central Bank Secrecy
Democrats and one Republican in the U.S. Senate joined forces on January 12 to protect the Federal Reserve from transparency and accountability, voting down the enormously popular “Audit the Fed” legislation...
Major Study Shows U.S. Middle Class No Longer a Majority
The U.S. middle class, which for more than four decades comprised the majority of Americans, has declined to the point where it makes up slightly less than 50 percent of the...
After Obama Signed Debt Limit Bill, Debt Rose $339B on Same Day
On November 2, the day President Obama signed a bill suspending the federal government’s $18.1-trillion debt limit until March 15, 2017, the total national debt jumped $339 billion. ...
Cato: American Decline Accelerating
The latest report from the Cato Institute comes on top of a long and increasingly unhappy series of reports on freedom’s decline in America. ...