US Household Debt Rises to All-Time Highs
Spurred by 9 years of easy money, US household debt is back to peak levels not seen since 2008.
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Venezuela: Forty Years of Economic Decline
By the 1970s, the Venezuelan economy was in deep trouble. The half-hearted reforms that followed, paved the way for the rise of Hugo Chávez.
Libertarianism at the Brink
Cato's Brink Lindsey says we can't evaluate complete laissez-faire because it does not exist; but he somehow "knows" government intervention is better.
4 Problems With Jeff Sessions’s New “Tough on Crime” Stance
Violent crime is already illegal in all 50 states under state laws. The last thing we need is a new wave of federal prosecutions of non-violent people.
Marx: The Economist’s Economist
Marx's original thinking amounted to nothing more than equivocal statements, half-baked arguments, and crude claims unsupported by any empirical facts.
The World’s Central Banks Are Frozen with Fear
A look at the world's largest central banks suggests there's no appetite for anything that resembles quantitative tightening.
Entrepreneurship’s Split-Personality Problem
Practice and theory are often seen as being distinct and in conflict with each other. But, hands-on entrepreneurs can learn a lot from economic theory.
Brexit Has Put EU Politicians in Panic Mode
The UK is in a much better negotiating position than the EU, and the EU knows it.
Inflation and Mercantilism in America: Five Cases
If inflation is the health of the State, how and in what way has government generated inflation in the history of the United States?
Public-Sector Unions Keep the Gravy Train Flowing to Fire Departments
Fire departments rarely fight fires anymore, but you wouldn't know it the way department salaries are soaring.
