Category: Economics

The primary elections in Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Oregon will be fascinating to watch. A few thoughts on the races I find most interesting: Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary: Sestak …

It is becoming ever clearer that the macroeconomic experiment know as the European Union is coming apart. May 15 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell to its lowest level since …

A stunning admission from NPR: "Economic Woes Threaten Chavez's Socialist Vision". Or in plain English, Venezuela is a wreck: Venezuela's economy is in trouble despite the country's huge oil …

The world's largest entity in terms of gross revenue had a bad month in April. The IRS collected only $245 billion dollars in April 2010 compared with collections of …

"Goldman Sachs Has First Perfect Quarter With Zero Trading Loss" Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s traders made money every single day of the first quarter, a feat the firm has …

Is the failure of the great Keynesian experiment in public spending and government intervention in national economies about to get some traction in the popular media? In other words, …

One of the odd things about the European Union and the creation of the Eurodollar was the implicit assumption that all member countries would behave in a fiscally responsible …

When you live in a boom town it's hard to recognize, much less empathize, with problems in other parts of the country. Economic hardship is one of those elements …

The cause of yesterday's massive stock market plunge remains a mystery and Congress is preparing to hold hearings to find out ....something. I'm glad Congress is trying to determine …

I'm at the Michigan Defending the American Dream Summit, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity. Right now Sarah Palin is speaking. I walked in just a few minutes after she …