by Andrew Moran | May 18, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
China was one of the first major countries to recover from the coronavirus-induced economic collapse – but at what cost? The country has taken on enormous levels of public and private debt, eased monetary policy, and issued billions of dollars in new bonds. Yet, as...
by Andrew Moran | Jan 31, 2021 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
The rumors of the meme stocks’ deaths have been greatly exaggerated. Financial markets have not gotten this much attention from every corner of the media landscape since last year’s slaughterhouse on 11 Wall Street. GameStop’s meteoric ascent, hedge...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 13, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Joe Biden’s Wall Street Cabinet Since he secured the Democratic nomination, conservatives had speculated that the radical left would use Joe Biden as a patsy to advance the progressive agenda. The Office of the President-Elect has paid lip service to the...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 4, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Have you practiced the nudge lately? Washington is full of nudgemasters. Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, two prominent Swamp figures, wrote a book about the subject, titled Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. The concept is about pushing...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 20, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
For the last three months, U.S. central bankers have submerged themselves in the vaults of the Eccles Building and printed Federal Reserve Notes like bootleggers’ cheap hooch during Prohibition. The Fed has been aggressively expanding its unprecedented eternal...