US COVID-19 deaths are at the lowest levels since March 2020, but alarmism over the “Delta variant” is nonetheless on the rise. Many parents are getting worried: Will teachers’... Read More
The Federal Reserve System has come under fire in the last few months for extending itself into areas outside its Congressional “dual mandate” of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment.... Read More
In the mood for a depressing statistic? A new report from the financial services firm Self concludes that the average American will pay an astounding $525,037 in taxes over... Read More
For the first time in more than a decade, my wife and I are looking at moving. So it piqued my interest when I stumbled upon a Wall Street... Read More
In April 2020, Peter R. Orszag, the CEO of Financial Advisory at Lazard, made a prediction in a Bloomberg article. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more “The Covid-19 pandemic... Read More
A recent CNBC article highlights a common economic fallacy surrounding the concept of inflation. The author claims that inflation can be beneficial because, “as inflation takes hold, wages may... Read More
Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up article to “The Conservative Case for Cryptocurrency.” Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more There are two basic types of progressives. One type’s primary... Read More
On Monday, dozens of student government executives wrote a letter urging the Department of Labor to block a merger between two giants of the textbook industry. In May, McGraw-Hill... Read More
Debate continues in Washington about more multi-trillion-dollar spending plans. But we just got an ugly reminder that the federal spending we’ve already passed is bankrupting the country. Q2 2021 hedge... Read More
There’s an old saying attributed to Mark Twain that says, "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." (The quote actually belongs to... Read More
Millions of Americans have bought into forms of digital, decentralized money known as cryptocurrency, valuing its privacy and independence from government meddling. Naturally, politicians in Washington want to rain... Read More
The pandemic has undoubtedly hastened the shift to remote work. Many workers and companies have now embraced remote work in previously office-based positions, and this is continuing even as... Read More
President Biden ran for office promising not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000. But a new analysis provides yet more proof that the president’s actual tax... Read More
Over the last year, consumer prices have increased roughly 5 percent, the biggest increase in 13 years. Driven in large part by the federal government’s reckless money-printing, such steep... Read More
The US economy is in a perplexing state of labor market purgatory. We have 9.3 million unfilled job openings, all while millions of Americans remain on unemployment benefits and... Read More
The Biden administration secured progress toward a major political victory this weekend, with the “G-7” group of seven wealthy countries agreeing in principle to a 15% minimum corporate tax... Read More
The IRS is late on issuing refunds for millions of Americans this year. In April, the IRS moved 29 million returns to manual processing with 6 million returns “in... Read More
Last week, President Biden released a $6+ trillion budget proposal that would take the US to unprecedented levels of government spending and taxation. We already covered the major economic... Read More
When Americans read about inflation in the newspaper or hear rising prices pop up in a policy debate, it often feels like an abstract, far-away concept. But revealing remarks... Read More
The most widely-used metric for price inflation hit a 12-year high in mid-May, showing that prices had risen 4.2 percent over a year. But some argued this was just... Read More
Imagine if oil companies got together and agreed to charge consumers no less than $3.50 per gallon for gas. Let’s call it a “global minimum price.” How long—in minutes—do... Read More
Elon Musk recently sent bitcoin prices plummeting when he announced that Tesla would no longer accept the cryptocurrency, citing concerns over the environment. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and... Read More
