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Looking past Trump’s first 100 days
Mark Antonio Wright writes for National Review Online about what lies ahead for the second Trump administration. That means that, 100 days in, there’s still 93.16 percent of the road…
Stagflation
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The Dangers of a Government-Controlled Central Bank Digital Currency
Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would prevent the formation of a government controlled central bank digital currency. The formation of such a bank would leave the country…
Liberty
Biden Deleted Tweet Claiming Government Spending Helped ‘Economic Recovery’
President Joe Biden claimed in a tweet that he took the nation from an “economic crisis to an economic recovery.” Apparently, not realizing most of the nation did not share…
Liberty
Is the IRS Going to Come After Your Hard Earned Money?
On Sunday, the Senate provided the IRS with $80 billion in funding as part of the $750 billion “Inflation Reduction Act.” Many are worried that this staggering windfall, including $45.6…
Liberty
Federal Reserve Increases Interest Rate by .75%, Largest Since 1994
On Wednesday, June 15, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by .75%, making it the biggest single hike since 1994. The decision was made in response to skyrocketing inflation,…
Liberty
Better Off After a Year of Biden? Most Would Say No
Editors at Issues and Insights ask a basic question about American life one year into Joe Biden’s presidential administration: Are we better off? Turn the clock back a year. President…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Has More Covid Cash Than It Can Use
State government prioritized spending federal Covid money over knowing that the money is accomplishing a goal. Cooper and legislators have time to make future expenditures more accountable. With $13.6 billion…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s America Feels Like the 1970s … in a Bad Way
James Antle writes at NBCNews.com about disappointing facts of life in Joe Biden’s America. Break out the eight-track tapes and the disco balls. Inflation in a time of unemployment and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fed fails to fix its key problem
Douglas Carr offers National Review Online readers a critique of the Federal Reserve‘s latest policy change. The Fed highlighted three new policy adjustments. The first acknowledges impediments to executing monetary…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Thinking about Watergate? Barron’s reminds us of one major difference
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s explains how today’s political controversy differs from the Watergate era in at least one major way. History doesn’t repeat, and maybe it doesn’t even rhyme, but…
Liberty
Nixon to China? How about China learning from Nixon
Sebastian Mallaby of the Council on Foreign Relations offers some interesting thoughts in The Atlantic about the future of the Chinese economy. Downshifting is always painful, but politicians often make…
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Like a bad penny, Keynesian claptrap keeps coming back
It figures that Bloomberg Businessweek‘s economically challenged Peter Coy authored a new cover story dedicated to Keynesian economic arguments. Mr. Coy ought to consult Roy Cordato for a refresher course…