Economy
The Collapse of the Social Security Ponzi Scheme
While Capitol Hill’s denizens frequently discuss how their budgetary changes are going to impact the taxes paid by Main Street and Corporate America, they rarely ……Read More
Business
Economy
Technological Unemployment in America
An interesting and very thorough study by Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo at MIT and Boston University respectively looks at how industrial robots are taking ……Read More
Markets
The Search for Yield A Warning to Investors
A brief section entitled “Has the Search for Yield Gone Too Far” in the IMF’s most recent Global Financial Stability Report provides investors with a summary of ……Read More
Economy
What Corporate America is Really Doing with their Tax Savings
Now that the Republican tax plan, flaws and all, has passed Congress, the repercussions of the changes, particularly to Corporate America, will continue to ripple ……Read More
Economy
Interest Rate Reversals A Warning from History
There is no doubt that we live in “interesting times” when it comes to global interest rates. For most of us, the post-Great Recession period ……Read More
Economy
Does Spending on War Increase Employment?
Donald Trump’s cryptic comment about “the calm before the storm” while in the presence of top-ranking military officials and his ongoing Twitter feed reminding North ……Read More