Power & Market

Mr. Volcker's memoirs hopefully will serve as a much-needed corrective against the inanity of monetary policy today.

“Right wing” Jair Bolsonaro has been elected president of Brazil, which extends a significant shift rightward from the days of Lula da

Neel Kashkari is urging the Fed’s home office to lighten up on the interest rate hikes already.  The President must be pleased.

A European court has ruled that people can be fined and prosecuted in criminal court for expressing negative feelings about the prophet Mohammad.

As an addendum to yesterday’s post in civility in government, and the Era of Consensus,

There's nothing new or unique about Trump's attempts to influence the Fed.

This week is the 35th anniversary of one of the biggest antiterrorism disasters in American history.  President Reagan sent U.S.

The most dramatic results are for some of the welfare states in Northern and Western Europe, and Denmark jumps 12 spots to #4.

The Saudi version of the disappearance and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi seems to change every day or so.

Jefferson was right: the US government should have never been given power over anything other than foreign affairs. And even that is too much.