Power & Market

Two government mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, were central to making US house prices widely unaffordable. Should the European Union import this dubious American idea?

So here we are again.

A notice from Steve Trost, Director Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise at Oklahoma State University. The deadline for applications is Saturday, October 19, at 8:00 p.m. CDT.

It’s the free market or nothing. We are fortunate that the only economic system is one that benefits everybody through the chance of making mutually advantageous exchanges.

This week’s CPI reading remained higher than the securities markets were hoping because of the price of an important source of protein for seniors, eggs.

One would think government officials would welcome the help of volunteers, but instead they harass them and even threaten to arrest them!

The idea that “if it can fail, it should” probably seems oxymoronic to most people when applied to the economic realm.

Over the weekend, the Commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel to “coordinate” with the Israeli military and plan a military strike against Iran.

FEMA’s very existence and response mechanisms are fundamentally flawed.

To find any real growth in employment in the September report, we have to look to government jobs and workers holding down two jobs as total hours decline.