Who Will Be Blamed if the Oroville Dam Fails?
California politicos lied about the cost of the failing Oroville dam, then failed to maintain it properly. But, government will likely escape all blame.
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“Real Wealth” vs. the Boom-Bust Cycle
In a boom-bust economy, there is real wealth, and there is bubble wealth. Economic busts are a "cleansing mechanism" that clears out the bubble wealth.
Judge Rules Health Insurance Companies Matter More Than Taxpayers
Both taxpayers and health insurers are victims of Obamacare. Why are courts penalizing the former to protect the latter?
Showdown: Yellen and Trump
There is bubbling tension between the Trump vision and the Bernanke-Yellen monetary regime.
The Goal of Socialists Is Socialism — Not Prosperity
Some claim that if socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists. This is doubtful since the larger motivation is often political control.
What Will Trump Do About the Central-Bank Cartel?
The Federal Reserve is centralizing and cartelizing central-bank policy worldwide. Will Trump move to end these moves toward one global central bank?
Donald Trump Is the Least of Latin America’s Worries
The regimes of Latin America have been quite successful at destroying their own economies — without any help from Donald Trump.
Federal Spending Grew More Under Bush and Reagan than Under Obama
If the experience of Bush years is any indication, we should brace ourselves now for big increases in government spending.
