Economics

4 Tips for Financial Stability from Noah Webster 0
- Economics
- April 4, 2023
With inflation, prices, and bank failures all on the rise these days, many of us are looking anxiously toward our pocketbooks and wondering what we’ll do when the financial crisis inevitably hits. Will we have to start over with our retirement fund, or will we be impoverished in a matter of months? There may not
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ATF Turns Law-Abiding Gun Owners into Felons 1
- Politics, Economics
- March 23, 2023
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has followed through on their plan to turn millions of lawful gun owners into felons in the name of “public safety” by reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles, effectively expanding the unconstitutional national gun registry. Stabilizing braces are devices that can be attached to pistols
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Why a Big Tax Refund Shouldn’t Excite You 1
- Politics, Economics
- March 21, 2023
It’s the dreaded season once again. About this time of year, I usually write something about taxes. What can I say? After hours of working through my taxes and considering how much of my paycheck was eaten by the black hole of government projects, it’s hard to stop thinking about our tax system. Unfortunately our
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Pew Research Fuels Gender Wage Gap Myth 3
- Economics
- March 13, 2023
Do women make as much money as men? According to a new report from Pew Research, the answer is no. Titled “The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap,” the report states: “The gender pay gap – the difference between the earnings of men and women – has barely closed in the United States in
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The Myth of Rural “Assistance”1
- Politics, Economics
- March 13, 2023
As the old country proverb goes, “if it’s happened once, it’s damned-shor’ gonna happen again.” Robert Wright’s forthcoming book, New Deals Exposed: How the Miseries of the Great Depression are Being Repeated Today, makes the convincing case that the sort of good-intentioned lunacy which marked New Deal policy failures is happening all over again, as the world
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What Exercise and Economics Have in Common 3
- Politics, Economics
- March 7, 2023
With a background in both studying economics and working in the fitness industry, I can see how the two fields complement each other and together provide a valuable learning opportunity. I’ve found that the lessons I taught my fitness clients in the gym about the well-being of their bodies are similar to the lessons that
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