February 1, 2024//by Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The economy grew solidly. The debt spiked. The US government debt is measured in “current dollars,” meaning: not adjusted for…
Category: Federal
Deterring Mass-Migration Is Not Difficult
February 2, 2024//by Sumantra Maitra Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes State of the Union: There must be an overhaul of any post-1945 human rights framework and refugee conventions that oppose…
WEEKEND READ: Pretext for a Fedsurrection
February 2, 2024//by Darren Beattie Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes The Big Lie of the January 6 “insurrection” is falling apart before our eyes. With over three years having passed…
Amid Collapsed Demand for Existing Homes, New Listings Come out of the Woodwork
January 23, 2024//by Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Housing market is frozen, people have gone on buyers’ strike, and sellers are hoping that this too shall pass. The…
How Disgruntled Fishermen Could Prompt SCOTUS To Capsize The Administrative State
January 23, 2024//by Margot Cleveland Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Editors’ Note: The administrative (deep) state of the Executive branch is the greatest threat to the individual sovereignty and liberty…
Poll Finds Americans Worried About National Debt
January 20, 2024//by Brett Rowland Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Americans are worried about the national debt, according to the results of a new poll. Americans have the national debt…
Our Drunken Sailors Push Back Against Rate-Cut Mania
January 20, 2024//by Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Armed with income increases that outran inflation by a wide margin in 2023, they continue to splurge, no matter what….
On Comparative Advantage and International Capital Mobility
January 22, 2024//by Donald J. Boudreaux Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors Note: We recently ran an article by Oren Cass, questioning the validity of free trade. To balance that…
Biden Inexplicably Helps Iran To Achieve Nuclear Arms
January 21, 2024//by Thomas C. Patterson Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Iranian mullahs must be thrilled at the progress they are making in obtaining nuclear capability. It represents the…
Stealing Russia’s Assets to Pay for the War in Ukraine
January 17, 2024//by Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes It has been quite a while since we addressed the issue of the war to defend Ukraine’s borders. Making predictions…
