Economic Damage Created by the Fed
With a turbulent flow of easy money having flooded into the banking system, the Federal Reserve System has inflicted great wounds on our economy. In previous posts we have shown … Read More
Tag: Government Regulation
Concerns the effects of government regulations on the economy.
A Republican Picnic
Republicans in Maryland are excited! Ever since their candidate for Governor in the 2014 election, Larry Hogan, won with 51.6% of the popular vote, they see a very real chance … Read More
A More Accountable Fed
Much of what ails this economy was caused by the Federal Reserve. Not all that damages the economy can be laid at the Federal Reserve’s door, but much can be. … Read More
The Proper Functions of Government
The most fundamental ideological division between progressives and conservatives concerns their beliefs on the proper functions of government. What roles do we think should be given to government and what … Read More
Stock Market Continues Downward March
Have you been keeping track of our favorite canary-in-the-coal-mine for the economy? I refer to the current state of the stock market, of course. The last time we looked at … Read More
OMG!! This Economy Has Been Even Worse Than We Thought!
This morning the Wall Street Journal (access requires subscription), in an editorial entitled “The Six-Year Slough“, revealed that the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has just released new, revised numbers on … Read More
The Complexity of Reality
How arrogant people are who think they understand enough about a nation’s economy that they can control it! This thought came to me while thinking about the implicit assumptions progressives make. … Read More
Progressives’ Basic Assumptions
The lady in the photo above, like most others in the conference I am attending, has a sunny, upbeat personality that takes anything that life offers in stride. The conference … Read More
In Which States Does $100 Buy The Most?
Last week on July 8 The Tax Foundation published a report entitled The Real Value of $100 in Each State. In their study they took data from The U.S. Bureau … Read More
The EPA, CO2, Mercury Emissions, and “Green” Energy
You no doubt heard last week that on June 29 the Supreme Court invalidated an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation limiting emissions of mercury and some other pollutants from coal … Read More
Economic Effects of the Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Act is the solution to a problem that does not exist, and is therefore totally unnecessary. The causes of the 2007-2008 financial crisis were not private sector greed … Read More
Causes of the 2007-2008 U.S. Financial Crisis
Although we discussed some of the reasons why the U.S. economy has not recovered very robustly from the 2007-2008 financial crisis, we have not looked at exactly why the crisis happened. … Read More
The Debilitating Effects of Obamacare
So now the Supreme Court has ruled that it does not matter what the plain language of a legislative bill is. They claim to be able to sense what the … Read More
The Long Arm of the Federal Government Monster
This morning I read something immensely disturbing on the Wall Street Journal opinion page (access requires subscription). It reconfirms for me (as if I were ever in doubt) how controlling the … Read More
Beware BEPS!
The acronym BEPS stands for “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” and the BEPS project is an effort by the OECD to study perceived flaws in international tax rules. The perception that multinational … Read More
The Burden of Government Regulations
Just as we were wondering yesterday, along with Danny Vinik of the New Republic, what could be going wrong with the economy, the Competitive Enterprise Institute published its annual review … Read More