U.S. Credit Rating Still at Risk
Moody’s announcement on Tuesday that it would retain its AAA rating of U.S. government sovereign debt as a result of the debt-limit agreement...
Economic Commentary
Debt Ceiling Crisis: Putting Things Into Perspective
The compromise bill that emerged Sunday night from behind closed doors is being loudly...
George Soros Quits Quantum Fund
George Soros recently made a stunning announcement: He would be dissolving all of his...
Obama: FDR “Fiscal Conservative”
According to President Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, long regarded as a free-spending President,...
Forbes: U.S. Default a Given
According to no less a source than Forbes magazine, a U.S. default is no...
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul’s “Extremism”
Claiming that presidential candidate Ron Paul leads the “economic suicide wing” of the Republican...
The Real Impact of a U.S. Debt Downgrade
When Standard and Poor’s moved up their timeframe for a downgrade on U.S. sovereign...
Obama’s Letter to Americans: Stand Behind Efforts to Raise Debt Limit
President Obama’s open letter to the American people published yesterday in USA Today challenges...
No Saturday Mail Any More?
The Constitution and the early organization of the federal executive branch properly limited the...
Looking for Green Shoots in the Economy
Just a month ago one of the most accurate economic forecasters on the planet...
Fed Insiders Selling Inside Information
In an effort to plug leaks at the Federal Reserve, the U.S.'s central bank...
Economists Are at a Loss; So Are Jobs
Once the awful job numbers announced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics job numbers...
FTC Probes Google in Fishing Expedition
Google announced on its blog on June 24th that the Federal Trade Commission had...
Rand Paul Works to Protect State Gold Money From Taxation
Constitutionally minded members of Congress Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Senator Rand Paul...
IMF Wants US Debt Ceiling Raised Immediately
The June 20th report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the United States...
The Fed’s Projections Are Too Rosy, Again
The economic projections released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday estimated that in less...
U.S. Leaders Seek Immigrant “Savants” to Jumpstart American Economy
Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder (left), a former computer executive/entrepreneur, now in his first...
McKinsey Report: Unemployment to Stay High for Ten Years
Even under the “high-job-growth” scenario offered by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), it will...
Scientific Evidence Proves Capitalist Ideas May be Innate
Americans have indicated avid opposition to property rights violations throughout the course of U.S....
High Unemployment and Black America
The economy remains the biggest political issue today. In many respects, it is always...