Desmond Lachman writes at the Hill about recent world history that should concern Americans. In the 1990s, Japan suffered a lost economic decade of highly disappointing economic growth and price…
Steve Forbes‘ latest Forbes magazine column focuses on the impact of China’s recent currency policies. CHINA’S DEVALUATION of the yuan underscores the ongoing, dangerous, growth-retarding mess of U.S. monetary policy…
Global economist David Malpass uses his latest Forbes column to take shots at central bank policies with negative long-term consequences. Lower oil prices and the stronger dollar would normally be…
Amity Shlaes explains in the latest issue of Forbes magazine why one point of modern economic consensus is wrong. AT SOME POINT consensus becomes dogma. In the case of U.S.…
Steve Forbes explains in the latest issue of Forbes magazine why he believes central bankers have pursued the wrong path toward economic growth. THE KEY TO CURING a sick patient…
Lawrence Kudlow‘s latest column posted at Human Events challenges recent negative news reports about falling oil prices. Seldom has so much good news been portrayed so negatively. Oil prices continue…
Steve Forbes explains in the latest edition of Forbes magazine how misguided Keynesian ideas are hurting the American economy. The blame for the mess we are in lies with John…
I have recently written that the statists rely on a bunch of hobgoblins to frighten people and (as Mencken put it), “make them clamorous to be led to safety” by…
Count Gene Epstein among those unconvinced that the American economy might benefit from a dose of inflation. He explains why in his latest “Economic Beat” column for Barron’s. “Rising prices…
Ignore the billions in one-time revenue Bank of America booked in Q2. Like the rest of the banking industry BAC is trying to make its way in deflationary, deleveraging environment…
In a post yesterday I noted that an AP story on the latest inflation numbers, while pointing out that the CPI took a big jump in February, focussed on the…
This AP story is interesting because of how it spins the latest news on inflation. The headline reads, “US Consumer prices rise 0.4 percent in February.” The sub headline points…