"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Cover to the first edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In a People’s Republic, some animals are more equal than others! Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Today I engaged a young … Read More
Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain, addresses supporters in the 2011 electoral campaign Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/manulqsa After the success of the Leave side in the Brexit election last Thursday, … Read More
An African market: a place where economic balances are discovered Photo Credit: Freeimages.com/Stewart Aston Last night I was musing about how I could persuasively sell the idea that an economy’s functions … Read More
World Map of countries by per capita GDP in 2014 Image Credit: St. Louis Federal Reserve District Bank/FRED Plus or minus a few controversial states (like Taiwan, the Holy See, and Palastine), … Read More
It’s good to talk! Photo Credit: FreeImages.com/Jon Wisbey One of the most important duties we have for our country and to … Read More
Janet Yellen, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Federal Reserve As widely expected, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) hung fire on raising the … Read More
Real quarterly, annualized GDP growth rate in percent from Q1 of 2008 to Q1 of 2016 Image Credit: St. Louis Federal Reserve District Bank/FRED Having just updated my Leading Economic … Read More
Contemplation of Justice Image Credit: Flickr.com/dbking American Exceptionalism is an ideology based on the concept we rule ourselves through our government representatives, and that government is strictly limited … Read More
The Emperor has no new clothes! Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Vilhelm Pedersen (1820-1859) Given all their failures in suggesting successful economic policies around the world, one would have thought … Read More
John Locke (29 August 1632 to 28 October 1704), the first to develop a liberal philosophy that included the right to private property and the necessity for government to have … Read More
