Money & The Economy
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Pay To Play With the Clinton Foundation
Anyone who has distaste for the influence that money buys in politics, should be repulsed by the monetary albatross that…
Read More »The effects of American over-regulation on .. itself [charts .. lots of charts]
Regulations have their uses, but has the United States Government gone too far? Restrictions can be protective or destructive depending…
Read More »Obama Administration Limits Freedom Again – The DOL Fiduciary Rule
The Obama Administration continues its eight-year assault on the middle-class and lower income citizens. The Department of Labor finalized its…
Read More »Brexit – A Portent for the EU and Possibly for America
Bigger is rarely better. Especially when it comes to governance. The “bigger” government is, the more detached from the governed…
Read More »What’s what in tech – big data finds the winners and losers
Tech startup accelerator, Y Combinator, uses keywords from tech applications to see what sectors are on the rise and what’s…
Read More »Where the U.S. gets it’s oil from has shifted greatly in the last 15 years
Energy-independence has been a goal for the United States for decades. With shale production in recent years, it would appear…
Read More »China vs. The United States – A Tale of Two Economies
Nothing shows data like an infographic and with Republican candidate Donald Trump shining a light on U.S./China trade disparities ……
Read More »What Americans buy – in real time [chart]
Advanced economies are typically heavily reliant on the domestic consumption of goods and services, and the United States is no…
Read More »The Penny may join the $20, $10 and $5 bills as Obama puts his mark on U.S. currency
The $20 bill is indeed getting a facelift, as is the $10 and soon the $5 bill. Now, the penny…
Read More »So exactly what kinds of jobs are people actually finding these days? [chart]
An estimated 589,000 jobs were created in the first three months of 2016 – an accomplishment the Obama administration and…
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