by Andrew Moran | Jul 6, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics
The Democrats have not been coy about their spending plans should they win the White House and regain full control of the legislative branch in 2020. As Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently tweeted, it is all about the Benjamins: $5 trillion here, $10 trillion there, and...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 19, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes, Trump Administration
The Federal Reserve has employed the Nike strategy of monetary policy for a decade now: Just Print It! Whenever Washington gets into fiscal trouble, which is par for the course these days, the central bank turns into a helicopter parent and drops off a bag of cash to...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 12, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
For years, public officials and the punditry class have taken George Costanza’s advice to appear busy by looking frustrated and upset. It gives the false impression that you’re immersed in your work while not really doing or achieving anything. That is sort of how the...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 9, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Environmental, Politics, Social Issues, Taxes
Welcome to another installment of Swamponomics: Liberty Nation’s dive into the week’s morass of top news stories and the stream of economic fallacies that have been accepted as conventional wisdom by swamp creatures for years. For months, the White House has lobbied...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 1, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Trump Administration
Would President Donald Trump’s recent Federal Reserve nominees lead the Mises wing of the Libertarian Party? No. Have his picks been interesting to say the least? Yes. Though far from being reincarnations of Murray Rothbard or disciples of Walter Block, the last...