Social subsidies may make good politics, but all too often bad economics. When Fannie Mae was created in 1938, the seeds were planted for the biggest housing bust the world has ever seen; the going ...
In an effort to boost lending to businesses to create more jobs in the challenged economy, Democrats in Congress ha...
Guy Spier might not be well known, but he is no doubt a great value investor. He did his MBA at the Harvard Business School (class of 1993) and has a First Class degree in PPE (Politics, Philosophy an...
Bill Clinton could be a spokesman for Sense on Cents. How so? As 5 News in Ft. Smith-Fayetteveille, Arkansas attests, Bill Clinton Says Country In “Mess” In Part Due to Lack of Eco...
Classic 30-minute video of Milton Friedman in 1975 (transcript here) discussing the minimum wage, Social Security, politics, the Welfare State, doing good by spending other people’s money,...
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Just three years ago the politics of global warming was enjoying its golden moment. The release in 2006 of Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, had riveted global audiences with its pr...
In light of my initial commentary this morning, “Obama Political Pandering on AZ Immigration Law Represents Real Risk to U.S. Dollar,” I am compelled to further highlight this issue by drawing att...
Somebody in Washington might want to pull President Obama aside and inform him that he is the President of the “United States”, not the President of North America or the President of a future Mexi...
Since this is a currency trading, it is very important to have the economy and the politics of a country be known to the Forex trader as these two factors affect the direction of the currency o...