economics

Only free trade is truly fair

The current dichotomy which is being promoted between “fair trade” and “free trade” is utterly nonsensical. Free trade is the…

7 years ago

Hillary Clinton Flunks Economics 101

There is plenty of nuttiness being uttered during this campaign season that gives any sentient voter cause to pause, but…

8 years ago

The truth about the trade imbalance

At no time besides elections does the trade imbalance — the difference between the monetary value of a country’s imports…

8 years ago

The Federal Reserve Doesn’t Understand Money

Yesterday Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, published an asinine editorial in the Wall Street Journal describing how…

9 years ago

“Everything Seems Upside Down!”

A friend lamented to me recently, “The whole world seems upside down. What should be considered bad is now good,…

9 years ago

Moving Left Isn’t Right

Written in a time filled with the gasps and death of the Soviet Union, and its satellites' declarations of their independence,…

11 years ago

The lies of free trade proponents

In his SOTU speech, Barack Obama announced that his Administration is (unconstitutionally and thus illegally) negotiating trade agreements with the…

11 years ago

Free trade is for idiots

For decades, globalists and libertarian free trade ideologues have been telling us that free trade has been "good" for America,…

11 years ago

Hippienomics

The spirit of free love -- and free stuff -- has hit the United States, and let's all wallow in…

11 years ago

President Obama Decrees 19 Laws of Economics

President Obama decreed the following 19 laws of economics: Everyone should get everything for free without paying for it. Anyone…

11 years ago

How To Help Millenials: An Interview With Former Labor Department Official

The July 2012 jobs report was released on August 3rd 2012, and major news outlets have been reporting that the…

12 years ago

Moody’s Downgrades Pennsylvania

With Harrisburg already bankrupt and Scranton on the verge, Moody's has decided to downgrade the state's credit rating from Aa1…

12 years ago

The Case For Free Enterprise

What is Free Enterprise? Is it moral? What about sharing the wealth? Isn't that more fair? Arthur Brooks from the…

12 years ago

VOODOO Food Economics

The USDA, in trying to increase participation in the SNAP or food stamp program, claims that for every dollar transferred…

12 years ago

Will Obama Learn From Sweden?

 Have you ever heard of Anders Borg? He has a ponytail and wears an earring. He is an economist. He…

12 years ago