Economics

The Fed Is Running Out of Bubbles to Create 0
- Economics
- April 3, 2020
The Fed came out with a series of unprecedented measures on March 22, 2020. They announced the Fed will buy an unlimited amount of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities (MBS), or as Peter Schiff refers to it, “QE infinity.” This has been very positively welcomed by many in the mainstream media and by businesses. Yet, what many are
READ MORE
Study: Consumers Don’t Care About Govt Licenses 0
- Economics
- April 1, 2020
The already crippling credentialization of the workforce via burdensome and unnecessary occupational licensing laws is hitting workers particularly hard during the coronavirus pandemic, thus making it more difficult for job seekers to find work. Indeed, seemingly reasonable requirements that electricians and healthcare professionals be licensed has given way to ludicrous laws mandating that… adult film
READ MORE
Zoom’s Acceleration Isn’t Slowed by Red Tape 0
- Economics
- March 31, 2020
Founder and current CEO emeritus of Visa, Inc., Dee Hock once said, “From no more than dreams, determination, and the liberty to try, quite ordinary people consistently do extraordinary things.” Yet in the fight against COVID-19, many “ordinary people” have been blocked from doing “extraordinary things.” Due to government regulations, too few people have been
READ MORE

J.M. Keynes’ Dreams of a Eugenic Future 0
- Economics
- March 24, 2020
Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren ranks among the best-known contributions in the economic writings of John Maynard Keynes. First prepared as a lecture for schoolchildren in 1928, the article predicted a coming age of leisure and economic abundance in the not-too-distant future. The economist’s century-long prophecy of a 15-hour work week, attained through scientific ordering
READ MORE
Is the US Too Dependent on China for Medical Supplies?0
- Economics
- March 23, 2020
The COVID-19 coronavirus – which originated in Wuhan, China, and turned into a pandemic across the globe – should spur America to examine its options as it relates to China’s outsized role in this country’s medical supply chain, some experts say. Amy Anderson, an assistant professor of nursing at Texas Christian University and the University
READ MORE
Advanced Degrees Bring Higher Starting Salaries – but Also Higher Debt 0
- Economics
- March 20, 2020
People with a master’s degree or doctorate can bank on a much higher starting salary than those with the same major but only a bachelor’s degree. That’s according to a recent survey of employers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. We reached the same conclusion about the payoff for advanced degrees in a
READ MORE