Private Wages Shrink — Government Programs Swell
“Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year,” according...
Economics
13 Trillion and Counting
When former Comptroller General Bill Walker, who headed the U.S. Government Accountability Office, said...
Freezing the Economy with Global Warming Taxes & Regulation
Will the politicians in Washington succeed in freezing our economy to death under the...
Senate Caves to Fed Pressure, Waters Down Audit
Just before noon on Tuesday, May 11, the U.S. Senate agreed to a one-time...
$Trillion Bailout of Euro, Greece Shows Need to Audit the Fed
The timing of the sellout by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last Thursday, May 6,...
The New Frugality
Long term caution is affecting the economic decisions of millions of baby boomers. The...
Fed Facing Lawsuits, Criminal Complaints Over Market Manipulation
In addition to valiant congressional efforts for increased transparency, the Federal Reserve System and...
Austrian Economics Rising
“Peter, you have been mocked on all of these financial shows going back to...
Social Security’s Nest Egg is Officially Cracked
In a misleading article by Associated Press that IOUs “stashed away” in an investment account...
Fed Wages PR Battle for Power, Secrecy
After hiring lobbyists last year to protect its interests amidst increasing public and congressional...
IMF Seeks New Mandate, Global Currency
International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn made a series of headline-grabbing statements late last...
CIT Founders and Taxpayers Foot the Bill
It’s official: the U.S. taxpayer is now on the hook for $2.33 billion in...
Geithner: No Double Dip
When he appeared on ABC News's This Week on February 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary...
Latest on the Economy: Heading Up, or Head Fake?
When the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that “the output of goods and services…increased...
Obama’s State of the Union — And the Economy
Although the likelihood that President Obama will embrace a free-market solution to fixing the...