Michael Busler

Michael Busler, Ph.D. is a public policy analyst and a Professor of Finance at Stockton University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Finance and Economics. He has written Op-ed columns in major newspapers for more than 35 years.

Trump’s feel-good parade marks a turning point for America

Sunday, June 14, 2025, may go down in history as the night America’s national mood finally began to shift. After…

2 days ago

Elon Musk is fiscally right about the BBB — but politically misguided

Elon Musk last week ignited controversy by denouncing the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) as a “disgusting abomination” — and then…

3 days ago

Fed must avoid another mistake. Cut interest rates now

Much of the economic data for the last three months has been positive. The jobs numbers are strong; the inflation…

2 weeks ago

Trump Is Making Home Ownership Affordable Again

This week, a slew of media outlets have claimed that the housing industry is getting rocked by President Trump’s new tariffs. But…

3 weeks ago

CBO wrong. Big Beautiful Bill will not increase the deficit.

On May 20, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate for the negative impact of the Big, Beautiful Bill…

3 weeks ago

Biden Policies Continue to Raise Drug Prices & Hurt Patients

When government agencies are guided more by politics than policy, the result is often higher costs, reduced access, and unintended…

4 weeks ago

Courts block effort to cut spending as credit rating tanks

Last week, Moody’s downgraded the debt of the US government from the perfect AAA to AA1.In 2011, Standard and Poor’s…

1 month ago

UK Deal 1st Step to Solving US Trade Imbalance

After announcing large tariffs on virtually every country about five weeks ago, intended to bring all countries to the negotiating…

1 month ago

Raising taxes on high-income earners is unfair and counterproductive

President Trump has proposed cutting taxes for all Americans. He wants the 2017 tax cuts made permanent, which resulted in…

2 months ago

Government meddling and bad economics threaten patient care

Across the country, lawmakers are rushing to reexamine the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals. They claim these hospitals aren’t providing…

2 months ago

Trump’s right: “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough.”

President Trump wants to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we are stuck with Powell until…

2 months ago

House Republicans are putting Main Street first

On April 4, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced some good economic news. The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs…

2 months ago

Trump’s Tariff Policy Is Working Spectacularly

What a volatile week we just had. High threatened tariffs were paused, mostly because about half of the world was…

2 months ago

Trump’s policies will make the middle class wealthy

President Trump is implementing his economic agenda for the country. He wants continued low taxes, deregulation, inexpensive energy and a…

2 months ago

Trump’s policies: Short term pain, long term gain

The most recently released economic numbers don’t look good. The rate of inflation which had inched down the last two…

3 months ago