Money & The Economy
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Economic Freedom, Not Socialism, Eradicates Poverty
America was was intended to be a “shining city on a hill” of freedom, individual liberty, and unlimited opportunity. She…
Read More »A Look at the Free Market Credentials of the GOP Candidates’ Tax Plans
Wednesday night’s CNBC GOP debate was touted as economic-centric. It ended up being more about the moderators baiting the candidates with…
Read More »Walmart avoids FTC investigation by removing questionable ‘Made in USA’ labels
Walmart is a fine purveyor of the cheapest stuff on the planet and with that comes the reputation of being…
Read More »Turning the Tables on Verizon & Other Cable Buccaneers
Charles Murray’s new book — BY THE PEOPLE: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission —urges conservatives to embrace civil disobedience, but with…
Read More »The Next Stock Market Crash Is Near, And Obama Is Largely To Blame
Items that have led up to the impending crash: The 2008 real estate crash that took the economy down (caused…
Read More »The Federal Reserve Doesn’t Understand Money
Yesterday Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, published an asinine editorial in the Wall Street Journal describing how…
Read More »Getting Real: Understanding the ‘Gig Economy’
Watching CNBC and reading economist blogs like ZeroHedge render a certain perspective on the American economy – I’ve decided to give mine.…
Read More »Gig Economy: Working in Retail
As the American economy continues to slip into the crapper, more of us are taking multiple part-time jobs (gigs) to…
Read More »Gig-economy: Why take a job as a UPS pre-loader?
Why would anyone consider a package loading job with UPS or Fedex? As the economy drives more Americans into part-time…
Read More »Trump reveals tax proposal
Donald Trump the Republican candidate for President made a restrained and knowledgeable interview on 60 Minutes which aired Sunday night.…
Read More »Federal Reserve interest rate decision announced
The U.S. Federal Reserves’ Open Market Committee (FOMC) has announced the decision to keep interest rates at 0%. The FOMC…
Read More »Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips: Crash Course Economics #7 [Video]
In which Adriene and Jacob teach you about how and why prices rise. Sometimes prices rise as a result of…
Read More »The Myth of Expansive Workers’ Rights
For many, Labor Day is a chance to seize the remaining vestiges of summer- the final trip to the beach,…
Read More »China can’t help itself – another round of cash injections on tap
China’s central bankers announced Wednesday that they would be injecting another huge amount of cash into the stock market and…
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