Michael Maharrey

Latest work

In October, Cost of National Debt Exceeds Military Spending, Medicare and Medicaid

11/14/2023 Power & Market Michael Maharrey

After running the third-largest budget deficit in US history in fiscal 2023, the Biden administration kicked off fiscal 2024 with another big budget shortfall. The US government ran a $66.56 billion...

How the Feds Broke the Meat Industry

01/07/2022 Power & Market Michael Maharrey

Government breaks things. Then it often rides in on a white horse promising to “fix” the very things it broke. In the latest example of government claiming it will solve a problem it created to begin...

Searching for the Creature on Jekyll Island

10/19/2020 Power & Market Michael Maharrey

I spent a little time at Jekyll Island, Georgia, the weekend before last. I looked hard, but I didn’t find the mythical creature from Jekyll Island. From what I hear, it’s taken up permanent residence...

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