Economic Commentary
Population Expert Predicts World’s Elderly Will Soon Outnumber Children
In an article published by Inter Press Service (IPS) on August 8, Joseph Chamie — who was once the director of the United...
Trump Versus Clinton: How Would Each Handle the Economy?
Once a new president is installed in the White House, how is he or she likely to handle the economy? ...
Read moreBrexit: Advantage, America
Although the historic Brexit vote to leave the EU initially roiled stock markets worldwide, it may well end up benefitting the United States...
Read moreU.S. “Peter Pan” Economy Is Unable to Remove Its Training Wheels
The economy is still being force-fed a diet of easy money and low interest rates nearly 10 years after the Federal Reserve began...
Read moreElon Musk: Once an Entrepreneur, Now a Crony Capitalist
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has discovered its easier and more profitable to transfer his companies' risks to the taxpayer than to bear them himself. ...
Read moreUnited States No Longer First in Global Competitiveness
Obama's promise to "change" America is being fulfilled, as the environment for business has increasingly become more hostile. ...
Read moreTrump Reverses — Now Open to Minimum-wage Hike
Now that he apparently has secured the nomination, Donald Trump has joined with Democrat rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in supporting an...
Read moreHarvard Survey Shows Millennials Oppose Capitalism, But Do They Really?
A survey conducted by Harvard University indicates that a majority of Millennials do not support capitalism. While the results may be troubling, however,...
Read morePanama Papers: Gov’t Corruption Is the Scandal, not Privacy
While the media-manufactured “scandal” of “rich people” allegedly hiding money from politicians in offshore accounts continues to be exposed as largely bogus, there...
Read more$15 Minimum Wage Laws Spreading Across the Country
A $15 minimum wage law was passed in California, and New York's will soon follow. But high minimum wages only end up hurting...
Read moreBrazil’s Economy Entering Depression
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff’s attempts to stimulate the slowing economy through massive insertions of new debt has in fact had the opposite result....
Read moreMarkit Ltd. Says U.S. Economy Is Faltering
Markit Ltd., the London-based global financial information behemoth, issued an early warning about signs of the coming recession in late February when it...
Read moreEvidence Mounts for U.S. Recession in 2016
The latest data reveal that the U.S. economy is headed for a recession by the end of the year. ...
Read moreJunk Bonds Are Predicting a Junk Economy
Although the narrative from the Obama administration is one of an economy that has been humming along nicely, the reality is that the...
Read moreNew Obama Regulations Will Make It Harder to Hire and Promote White Men
Obsessed with identity politics, the Obama administration plans to force businesses to divulge salary data — broken down by race and sex in order...
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