The Tea Party, Fifteen Years Later
Ah yes, the Tea Party. Fifteen years after it was established by followers of Ron Paul, the so-called antiestablishment organization has been co-opted by establishment Republicans. Dale Steinreich is not surprised.
Ah yes, the Tea Party. Fifteen years after it was established by followers of Ron Paul, the so-called antiestablishment organization has been co-opted by establishment Republicans. Dale Steinreich is not surprised.
As the history of large states shows very well, choosing security without freedom leads to losing both rights and peace.
The Fed is winging it, but most on the FOMC believe only two more rate hikes are in the works, and then it's back to flooding the market with easy money.
The global economy is entering a recession because recent unprecedented government spending has zombified hugely indebted economies and has crowded out the private sector.
Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is true: austerity works.
Critics of capitalism claim that it is responsible for creating inequality in society. Yet the precapitalist societies enforced inequality in a rigid social structure.
In the name of "protecting workers," progressive legislators put people out of work. For their own good, of course.
Only Father Time helps us cut through the policy nonsense and understand interest rates conceptually.
While monetary authorities and progressives would like to have a digital currency implemented, it is a backward step for monetary freedom.
Keynesians believe that economic growth can occur only with an expanding supply of money. Growth doesn't need more money; it needs more savings.