Economics
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Some Seniors Are Being Shortchanged by Social Security Because of Government Ineptitude
by Brenton Smith June 13, 2022Social Security has a quirk that is shortchanging a select group of seniors more than $25,000 in lifetime benefits. While that might sound like a lot of money, the actual…
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In his formal address to the WEF, David Beasley, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme, explained that the global food situation was already bad before the Ukraine war, but that the situation has since escalated to become what he called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has stirred many emotions. The deal also illustrates the unprofitability of media bias, which claims of media bias must consider.
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The Democrats’ Recession Is Yet Again Proving Price Caps Are Stupid
by Seton Motley May 25, 2022As government raises the floor for loans – the absolute last thing we need is government also lowering the ceiling.
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Midge Decter loved America. She took religion seriously, and advocated tirelessly for its place in the public square.
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Federal Fiscal Shortfall Nears $1 Million Per Household
by James Agresti May 9, 2022While some believe the U.S. government can spend and borrow with abandon because it can print money, one of the most established laws of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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Political Paternalism, Not Free Markets, Cause Economic Shocks
by Richard Ebeling May 9, 2022Free markets, not government, plan for and adapt to the future.
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Trump Trade Rep Lighthizer and Manchin: Support Grows for a Border Carbon Tax
by Seton Motley May 6, 2022We remain the only country actually cutting our own economic throat in the name of “climate change.”
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Interest Rate Hikes: Gov Making Loans MUCH Harder to Get – Poorest Hardest Hit
by Seton Motley April 29, 2022The government and Fed are over a barrel. The federal debt is now over $30 trillion. But the Fed’s only way to address runaway inflation? Raising interest rates.
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Government transfers cannot make a nation wealthier and have contributed substantially to inflation.
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THORNER: INFLATION NOT PLAYING WELL WITH AMERICANS
by Nancy Thorner April 19, 2022President Biden is deflecting blame for the ongoing surge in prices, insisting COVID-19, Russia, and corporate greed are the real causes. Experts disagree, however, arguing massive government spending by Biden and Democrats is far more responsible.
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Politicians who want to go into business should use their own money, not tax dollars.
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Paternalists Plan a New International Political Consensus
by Richard Ebeling March 23, 2022In the midst of the various crises that are enveloping the world, the political paternalists keep dreaming their dreams of socially engineering a new, centrally planned world.