U.S. Economy

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Matt Palumbo

Economists long ago disproved the idea that if the rich get a bigger slice of pie, everyone else’s slice must be getting smaller. In fact, the data continues to show that inequality and growth are not at odds.

George Bragues

James Grant proposes that the last time US government did not prescribe the now standard cure for economic slumps consisting of fiscal stimulus and easy money was the downturn of 1920–1921. Grant’s purpose is to test the efficacy of this medicine by checking what happened when it was not administered.

Ryan McMaken

In California, the price of water is set by politicians, and not by markets, so that cheap water benefits some interest groups over others. It should now surprise no one that the state is in the midst of a water crisis.

Frank Hollenbeck

The Fed and Washington politicians tell us how well the economy is doing, but the problems of the last financial crisis remain, and if we look closer, we find stagnant wages, ageing equipment, and lenders looking to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Joseph T. Salerno

“So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.”  (Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower, 1967)

Peter Wong
Oil prices have fallen largely due to economic and political realities in China and the US. The resulting correction is a good thing, and, in spite of what many panicky central bankers think, falling oil prices are a good thing.