Why Food Stamps Don’t Promote Healthy Eating
Food stamps have long been promoted with the idea that they improve nutrition and health. Unfortunately, this has never been shown to be true.
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Why Trump’s Election Led to a Weaker Peso
As the Fed has raised its benchmark rate, the Mexican peso faces relative devaluation. But Donald Trump is a factor, too.
Hunter Lewis: Will Janet Yellen Lend Trump a Helping Hand?
The Fed has a way of getting the opposite of what it expects.
Why Not Replace Dodd-Frank With Glass-Steagall?
The rare time where good policy is also good politics.
Trump Makes Up Murder Stats to Push for More Government Power
Trump has declared that homicide rates are at a 47-year high. The real data suggests we're closer to a 50-year low.
How Governments Destroy Consumer Sovereignty
The entrepreneur's job is to shape his whole enterprise around consumer wants. Unfortunately, governments often get in the way.
Cut, Don’t Reform, Taxes
Congress may make some small cuts in spending, those cuts will be dwarfed by spending increases on infrastructure at home and military spending abroad.
1917: Early Moves Toward American Intervention in World War I
Germans feared American intervention in the war, just as British propagandists moved to push American involvement.
How Trump Could Win the Currency War
If Trump wants to end the foreign currency manipulation he condemns, he can begin by ending the use of "non-standard" monetary tools in the US.
Will Janet Yellen Lend Trump a Helping Hand?
The Fed has a way of getting the opposite of what it expects.
