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One More Reason the Out Years are Too Late
Here’s a fact that was not lost on my teenage daughter: The infamous debt-ceiling deal doesn’t actually reduce much of…
Browsing: The Economy
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Gold’s Meteoric Rise
The price of gold has gone on a tear this summer, from slightly under $1500 per ounce to well over…
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Will There Be Zombies? Part 1
As we all know, the end of the world is coming soon. No, I don’t mean the eschaton, the final…
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Big Deal or No Big Deal?
As the August 2 deadline for a debt-ceiling deal drew near, many expected a big deal that would significantly change…
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The Reagan Stimulus vs. the Obama One
How ironic that as America debated its debt ceiling all summer and faced a stunning credit downgrade, the nation approached…
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Protect the Poor, Not Poverty Programs
One of the disturbing aspects of the liberal/progressive faith campaign known as the Circle of Protection is that its organizers…
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The Number One Failure of Modern Economics
In a recent Reuters opinion column, Mark Thoma faults academic economists for their failure to predict the housing crash.…
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Bernanke and the Potemkin Economy
On July 11, The Center for Vision & Values posted my article decrying the insulting name-calling directed toward Federal Reserve…
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Fertile Ground for Farm Subsidy Cuts
With […] a growing consensus that federal spending at current levels is unsustainable, political support for farm subsidies is waning fast. What’s…
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Distributism and the Health Care System, Part 2: Ending Oligarchies and Monopolies
It should be clear that the vast majority of current thinking about the problem does little to address the underlying…