Tag Archives: Macroeconomics

Is The Takedown Of Gold A Sign That The Entire Global Financial System Is About To Crash? by Michael Synder

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

   2  2 Somebody out there is sure getting prepared for something really big.  We have just witnessed a takedown of gold and silver unlike anything that we have witnessed in decades.  On Monday, the price of gold had fallen … Continue reading →

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“Overpaid and Underworked” Federal Employees… by Jason Richwine

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

“Overpaid and Underworked” Federal Employees? It’s Not Just a “Perception” Jason Richwine March 1, 2013 at 2:38 pm The Washington Post has a sympathetic article today on federal workers who consider themselves unfair victims of the sequester. Unfortunately, the article … Continue reading →

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Busting 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage…by Amy Payne

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

  When someone says “minimum wage,” what comes to mind? Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids? While President Obama and other proponents of a higher minimum wage want you to … Continue reading →

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Calvin Coolidge and the Moral Case for Economy by Amity Shlaes

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

Amity Shlaes, Author, Coolidge AMITY SHLAES is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg, a director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and a member of the board of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. She has served as … Continue reading →

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Carbon Tax Hallucinations…by Paul Driessen

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Carbon Tax Hallucinations by Paul Driessen on February 19, 2013      Print This Post Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea ice is back to normal, … Continue reading →

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Calvin Coolidge: An Economic General Who Cut Taxes & Produced Surpluses

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Mr. Merry, editor of the National Interest, is the author of “Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians. n 1920, Coolidge emerged as the running mate to Republican presidential candidate Warren Harding, an intellectually … Continue reading →

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What Would Ayn Rand Do About the Euro Crisis? – Businessweek

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

Illustration by Steve Caplin Rand’s libertarian call to arms could help Angela Merkel shrug off euro-zone burdens, says the book’s new German publisher   Crisis Management   What Would Ayn Rand Do About the Euro Crisis?   By Zeke Turner … Continue reading →

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What Will Germany Do?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

While I am personally opposed to quantitative easing and monetizing debt, the outcome of the scenario of Kaletsky–that of Germany pulling out of the Euro–is one that I had not thought of, but, at first blush, it sounds appealing. Being of German heritage myself … Continue reading →

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Scooping Water From the Pool to Fill the Pool

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

From another blog: The MSNBC “Lean Forward” commercials with Rachel Maddow extolling the example of Hoover Dam and other giant government projects as the way to revitalize the economy always set me to head-scratching. I mean, I understand that putting … Continue reading →

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Economic Reality Bites | June 1, 2012 by Peter Schiff

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Many people became convinced that data releases earlier this year indicated that “recovery” in the U.S. was imminent. But as I have been saying for months, this evidence would ultimately be shown to be as reliable as sightings of Bigfoot. … Continue reading →

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