Money & The Economy

GDP grows at a 6.5% annual rate in the second quarter. That’s good, but…

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) first estimate of GDP growth, the economy grew 1.6% in the second…

5 years ago

Don’t Extend the CDC’s Unconstitutional ‘Eviction Moratorium’

Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” If only he’d known…

5 years ago

‘Nothing Is New — It Is Just Forgotten’: Historian Aims To Remind Americans What Happens When Government Suppresses Free Markets

Accomplished scholar and author Amity Shlaes sees history as an important tool to learn from the past and its mistakes…

5 years ago

Key Inflation Measure Spikes Again, Hits Highest Level Since 1991

A consumer price measurement used by the Federal Reserve to track inflation spiked again in June and hit its highest…

5 years ago

How Amazon’s $10 Billion Contract Squabble with the Pentagon Reveals the Shady Nature of Military Contracts

Earlier this month the US Department of Defense (DOD) canceled a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract awarded…

5 years ago

School Shutdowns Will Cost Students a Staggering Amount in Lifetime Earnings, New McKinsey Analysis Shows

US COVID-19 deaths are at the lowest levels since March 2020, but alarmism over the “Delta variant” is nonetheless on…

5 years ago

Jobless Claims Decrease Slightly To 400,000, Remain Elevated

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 400,000 last week as the economy continues its recovery from the…

5 years ago

Big Tech Profits Continue To Surge, Latest Earnings Show |

Big Tech companies including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Twitter reported massive, record-breaking earnings figures as their sales continued to surge…

5 years ago

Inflation Could Be ‘Higher And More Persistent’ Than Expected, Federal Reserve Says

The Federal Reserve admitted Wednesday that inflation could increase quicker and for longer than the central bank has projected in…

5 years ago

Despite ‘Delta’ Alarmism, US COVID Deaths Are at Lowest Level Since March 2020, Harvard and Stanford Professors Explain

If you judged the US’s current COVID-19 situation only by the headlines, you’d come away thinking that we’re spiraling back…

5 years ago