Trump’s Diesel Fix: Lower Prices Now, Shortages and Controls Later?
Critics of ban on U.S. diesel exports explain that it would likely increase shortages — and prices — in the future. ...
Economics
Global Bond-market Sell-off Drives Yields Higher Amid Fiscal Pressures
Investors are dumping sovereign debt as concerns mount over persistent inflation, surging energy prices,...
Global Trade Growth Cut Nearly in Half as Hormuz Choke Point Grinds Traffic to a Halt
It is projected that world merchandise trade growth will fall from about 4.7 percent...
Corporations Loaning Out Money Like Banks Is Causing a New Wild West of Finance
In the past, states used “blue sky laws” as guard rails and protect depositors....
Trump Pushes for Another $5 Trillion Debt-ceiling Increase
Trump is pushing to extend the federal debt ceiling through the end of his...
$40 Trillion and Counting: America’s Debt Crisis Hits Record Level Ahead of Schedule
America’s skyrocketing debt is ahead of schedule. The national debt reached $40,047,425,768,420.22 on Wednesday,...
“Fiscal Shackle” Revolution: Argentina’s Milei Aims to KILL the Debt State — for Good
If Javier Milei’s plan succeeds, deficit spending and currency inflation may become things of...
Common Cents Act Rewrites the Rules of Cash After the Penny’s Demise
Last Friday, the Senate passed the Common Cents Act. The bill would formally end...
Do Tariffs Cause War? Mises Fellow Explains
Can tariffs encourage foreign conflict? In short, yes, explains Cruz Marquis, a summer research...
The World’s Biggest Shell Game
Through the mechanism of dollar reserve requirements and Treasury market structure, the U.S. is...
U.S. Oil Reserve Falls to 43-year Low as Trump Drawdown Nears Its Limit
The United States has drained nearly 96 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve...
Warning: The “Commissar” Is Coming for Elon Musk’s Wealth
By crossing the $1 trillion threshold, industrialist and visionary Elon Musk has attracted renewed...
Global Pushback Against Central Bank Digital Currencies
Adoption of CBDCs has been met with skepticism, particularly in advanced economies wary of...
Extreme Division Leading US to “Civil Unrest” & “Financial Collapse,” Warns Ex-WH Economist
The increasing polarization and radicalization in American politics is leading the nation to civil...
AOC, the Gal With an Economics Degree, Gets an Economics Lesson
AOC, NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani, and other socialists are smart enough to grasp simple...
Nuclear Debt Bomb: U.S. Debt Reaches Red Zone — 100% of GDP
U.S. public debt has reached 100 percent of GDP for the second time since...
Trump Accounts and Baby Bonds Are No Substitute for Equal Treatment Under Law
Government should not redistribute taxpayer money into state-managed accounts for select children, no matter...
Eat the Rich? Will Wealth Taxes Buttress or Bust Dem-state Budgets?
Although states’ wealth taxes may yield additional income, those gains are countered by other...
Epstein & the Hijacking of Bitcoin: A New World Financial Order
Child sex trafficker and Deep State operative Jeffrey Epstein was deeply interested in crypto...
Epstein-Rothschild Connection Key to Exposing the Deep State Part 2
Child sex trafficker and Deep State operative Jeffrey Epstein was deeply connected to the...