The goalposts are continually changing (more like fallacy-hopping), but one would-be goal of tariffs needs to be...
Month: April 2025
Economist Robert Higgs described the “ratchet effect” in which government either creates a crisis or responds to...
The U.S. gov has approved $17.9 bln for Israeli military operations in Gaza and elsewhere since Oct...
ECB cuts rates on weak growth, markets bet on more easing: The Fed is addicted to easy...
We are bombarded with claims that capitalism causes inequality, yet what it really mean? In truth, in...
The last excuse that diehard defenders of President Trump’s tariff policies have advanced now lies in ruins.
Zillow, which is famously bullish on housing prices, is now projecting that U.S. home prices will fall...
Trump demands more easy money and lower interest rates. Powell isn’t dovish enough for Trump.
April 2025 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey: “The index for new orders also fell sharply, from 8.7 in...