Restaurants Add “Labor Surcharge” to Tabs to Cover Minimum-wage Increases
Once again the price of economic ignorance will be borne mostly by those who are ignorant. By Bob Adelmann ...
Economics
Dodd-Frank Is a Big Problem for Small Business
Since the passage of Dodd-Frank in 2010, the percentage of loans to businesses of less than $1 million has plummeted. What's behind the...
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Federal Insurance Agency Backing Union Pensions Facing Crisis Itself
With union pension plans on the route to going broke and unions looking to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, it should be asked,...
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Former Reagan Economic Advisor Warns: Debt Ceiling “Hard Stop” for Economy
Although forecasters are surely correct that the deficit spending that the country has been engaging in cannot last forever (and will likely end...
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Trump’s 2018 Budget Won’t Touch Social Security, Medicare
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Fox News on Sunday that cuts in entitlement programs — i.e., Social Security and Medicare — won’t...
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Mortgage Delinquencies Begin an Upward March
FHA delinquency rates increased to 9.02 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, up from 8.30 percent in the third quarter. Is a...
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Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Force McDonald’s to Increase Prices 38 Percent
The Heritage Foundation's James Sherk blows up the Robin Hood assumptions of economists who should know better. ...
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It’s the Economic Confidence Index, Stupid
Bill Clinton led an upstart charge to the White House by effectively tapping into voter worries about the economy. Proving that history repeats...
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Looming Economic Crisis to be Blamed on Trump, Experts Warn
An economic crisis of potentially historic proportions appears to be just around the corner, and the establishment may be setting up President Donald...
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Elites Prep for Trumpocalypse: Buying New Zealand Land, Condos in Old Missile Silos
The elites are prepping for doomsday — say WW3, a civil war, or other societal collapse — by buying land in New Zealand...
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With Trump and GOP in Power, New Push to Stop FATCA Horror Show
The Obama-era Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) horror show may be coming to an end. With President Donald Trump in the White...
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Savings: The Socialism Antidote
With the savings rate in the United States projected to fall to 3.13 percent by year end, it's no surprise that populist rhetoric...
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Congress Targets Federal Reserve’s Globalist Scheming
A senior Republican lawmaker is putting Federal Reserve System boss Janet Yellen on notice: There's a new sheriff in town, so America and...
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Trump Adm. Moves to Reduce Chances for Real Estate Meltdown
The Trump administration's move to stop the cut in the FHA home mortgage insurance rate is a good one — if one understands economics....
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Ford to Sell and Finance Its Autos Online
With a free market nothing stands still; everything changes. Resistance is futile, even by auto dealers. ...
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