Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Economics

Supreme Court Rejects Major Legal Challenge To Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Supreme Court made it crystal clear Thursday morning: the federal government's independent agency for protecting consumers in the financial sector is here to stay. In a 7-2 opinion by...

New Data Reveals Most And Least Fiscally Sound States

All 50 states have published their audited financial reports for their 2022 fiscal years,...

Historic Debt Crisis Remains Largely Out Of 2024 Electoral Spotlight

Debts and deficits aren’t really getting much traction on the campaign trail this year....

Harsh Reality Of Protectionist Policies Being Ignored By Both Parties

Both of the major party presidential nominees are on record in favor of tariffs....

Global Financial Agency: US Economy Facing Calamity, Politicians In Denial

It’s rare for an international organization to speak bluntly about a single nation’s policies....

‘Bidenomics’ – US National Debt Passes $33 Trillion For First Time

ANALYSIS – In case some readers weren’t sure, this is a big reason the conservative GOP ‘Freedom Caucus’ is threatening a government shutdown. Thanks...

IMF Predicts Continued High Inflation Heading Into 2024

One of a long list of worries facing Democrats as they look ahead to the 2024 elections is public perception of the current administration’s...

Unresolved UAW Strike Triggers Automaker Layoffs

This seems to be an escalation to the aggressive negotiations. The United Auto Workers union and American Big Three automakers are still at an impasse on labor...
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Biden’s Economic Plans Leaving US Households Increasingly Destitute

The United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers is, at one level, about wages. The union wants a 40 percent hike in...

Both Parties Gleefully Exploiting Complex New Legislation

The federal government’s “Chips and Science Act,” which will throw hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money at private computer chip manufacturers over...

Diving Into The Election Issue Everyone’s Neglecting

The biggest election issue for 2024 is getting even bigger. It’s the federal deficit, which is expected to balloon to $2 trillion at the...
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Fast Company Demonizes CEOs While Pushing Leftist Agenda

Fast Company reports in a new article that American CEOs are grossly overpaid. The problem is that they’re not – the median CEO pay is...

UAW Strike Creates Uncertainty In Automobile Market

For the first time ever, the union is striking on all three major American automakers at once. The threat UAW has been making for weeks is becoming...

Will Trump’s Controversial Policy Prescription Be Enough To Win Him Election?

What’s a presidential front-runner to do when the rest of the field is gasping for air/attention/money/relevance? If you’re Donald Trump, your various advisors are busy...
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Surveys Reveal Good News For Liberty Lovers – Not Necessarily For Republicans

The sliver of the Republican Party that has waged a loud and persistent “war on woke” culture/corporations/campuses, etc., is learning a hard lesson. Outside the...

New Poll Confirms Severity Of Democratic Party’s Chronic Headache

There’s a wealth of new polling data on the Democratic presidential nomination contest, with polls from The Wall Street Journal and Associated Press both...

The True Cost Of Government-Subsidized Green Energy

Realistic observers of the various federal, state and local mandates to switch from oil and gas to an all-renewable energy economy have wondered how...
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On This Terrible Idea, Trump And Biden Are Completely Aligned

There is one area where our fractious political class agrees: They are keen to make consumers pay more for just about everything. In this case,...

Longshot Republican Candidate Shares Inconvenient Truths Even Trump Ignores

The second GOP presidential debate is about a month away. That’s plenty of time for the candidates who made the stage for the first...

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