by Andrew Moran | Feb 2, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
The US is embroiled in another political theater of the absurd. This time it is the debt ceiling: Republicans are politely asking to enact spending reforms, Democrats are demanding to raise it, and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is blaming everything on tax cuts....
by James Fite | Apr 30, 2020 | Articles, Climate Change, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Social Issues, The Left
Make no mistake, the U.S. economy isn’t in the best shape these days. The Coronavirus panic and subsequent shutdowns left millions of Americans jobless. Then there’s the government solution: Double down on the mistake that caused so much trouble to begin with and...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 2, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News
Over the last 25 years, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy directive has been mostly an expansive one. The money supply has soared to all-time highs, while interest rates have fallen to historic lows. The U.S. central bank has pumped trillions of dollars into the...