What are the expected changes in the global economy and what does it mean for your personal finances?
One of the biggest benefits of the prosperity of the digital age is emerging. With relevant information accessible at our fingertips, it’s increasingly easy to make decisions that support our priorities and More...
Rashida Tlaib calls for a minimum wage of $18 to $20
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for a minimum wage of $18 to $20 on Sunday, an increase over the $15 minimum wage bill passed by House lawmakers Thursday. Rashida Tlaib Tlaib spoke at an event in Detroit More...
Venezuela economic, political and humanitarian crisis with Dr Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi
In February, I had Dr Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi with the Venezuelan Science Incubator join me on the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show for the whole hour to talk about the infectious disease crisis in the country More...
Venezuela hits new low as inflation rises again, Pence calls the situation a threat to national security
The inflation rate in Venezuela has exploded over the last year as the socialist nation deals with extreme levels of poverty and food shortages. Now a new report suggests that the inflation rate could increase ten-fold More...
Newsbusters: Media ‘reluctant’ to call collapsing Venezuela ‘socialist’
Media watchdog Newsbusters took aim at the press over their avoidance of the “S-word”: socialism. “As Venezuela plunges deeper into humanitarian crisis, the broadcast and cable networks barely More...
Socialist policies playing out: A great commentary on the demise of Venezuela
While I have talked and written about the tragedy that full-blown socialism has brought to Venezuela, mostly focusing on the return of infectious diseases and the health consequences, both on this website and on More...
Venezuela is world’s ‘Most Miserable’ country again
The 2016 Misery Index shows that Venezuela ranks the “most miserable country” for the second year in a row. According to economist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also More...
Social Security Set to Rise Slightly for 2017
More than 60 million Americans will see their Social Security benefits increase in the year 2017. Unfortunately, benefits will not increase by very much. The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced More...
Jeffrey Lipton of Fairmont Gloucester Reminds Retirees to Remember Inflation
Retirement savings is a popular topic of late. With a large section of North America’s population inching toward their golden years, ensuring they have saved enough money to live comfortably is very important. Any More...
Goldman Sachs: Lower oil prices to cause loss of $1 trillion, many projects ‘unprofitable’
The global oil industry will face a loss of $1 trillion as producers will be forced to cancel a number of key projects if oil prices stay below $60, says Goldman Sachs. Tuesday’s Brent crude trading at $59.9 More...
Protests in Venezuela continue as students pack the streets, inflation tops 56%
The failures of socialism and a brutal dictator are again on display in Venezuela as student protesters pack the streets, violence surges under clouds of tear gas and inflation reportedly tops 56%. Image/CIA Opposition More...
All Hail the Debt Fairy! All Hail the Inflation Fairy!
In September 2008, if it had not been obvious before, it had become abundantly clear since that the borrow-and-spend party has been over for nearly five years, yet Paul Krugman is becoming even more shrill about More...
Yes, Inflation is our Savior, leftists cheer hyperinflation
One of Paul Krugman’s repeated themes in his columns and blog posts is that inflation is a wonderful thing, and apparently we never can have enough of it. Inflation wipes out debt, transfer wealth from creditors More...
At this rate Japan’s economy will never recover-we should take notice
Japan has been in serious economic doledrums for at least two decades now. Their horrible economic policies have done nothing to improve the situation. These are same Keynesian economic policies that the United More...
The dollar era is nearly over
While listening to an interview with a MIT economics professor today on Tech Ticker, I was astounded by how he answered the following question, Is America headed down a similar path as Greece? photo: TaxRebate.org.uk Professor More...
Hugo Chavez and Venezuela face new challenges
Venezuela citizens flooded to stores to scoop up goods at the currency was devalued this week. President Chavez announced rolling blackouts to accommodate energy shortages and now soldiers were dispatched to force More...
State of the Nation: Bogus unemployment numbers, inflation, Sotormoyor distracts America
16.5% Unemployment ?!?! This Washington Post article (and the website itself) proclaims to calculate the actual unemployment numbers. During the Bush years we were told that the 4-6% was falsely low for various More...
