economics

Rail Consolidation is a Tax on Americans

The eyes of the world are currently fixed on the Strait of Hormuz. With Iran closing this vital shipping lane,…

2 months ago

Latest data reveals short-term economic challenges

While the long-term outlook for economic performance appears robust, recent data suggests that our economy may be grappling with immediate…

4 months ago

The state of the American economy is strong

Recently, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, underscoring a clear message: the State of the Union is…

4 months 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago

Why President Trump’s Economic Policies Will Work

For many today, President Trump’s economic policies seem chaotic. He imposes tariffs that look to be starting a trade war.…

1 year ago

Trumponomics Easily Beats Kamalanomics

The purpose of economic policy is to provide price stability, economic growth and full employment with the outcome resulting in…

2 years ago

Only free trade is truly fair

The current dichotomy which is being promoted between “fair trade” and “free trade” is utterly nonsensical. Free trade is the…

10 years ago

Hillary Clinton Flunks Economics 101

There is plenty of nuttiness being uttered during this campaign season that gives any sentient voter cause to pause, but…

10 years ago

The truth about the trade imbalance

At no time besides elections does the trade imbalance — the difference between the monetary value of a country’s imports…

10 years ago

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…

11 years ago

“Everything Seems Upside Down!”

A friend lamented to me recently, “The whole world seems upside down. What should be considered bad is now good,…

11 years ago

Moving Left Isn’t Right

Written in a time filled with the gasps and death of the Soviet Union, and its satellites' declarations of their independence,…

13 years ago