STAFF NEWS & ANALYSIS
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January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019. The politicians dragging the shutdown on are showing their true colors. This dysfunction is a tiny preview of what will happen when the real problems come home to roost. ...
November 08, 2018
November 8, 2018. And I think there’s more pain ahead as inflation really starts to work its way into the economy. ...
September 21, 2018
September 21, 2018. That’s a world-class education for a fraction of the cost and a clear path toward residency in another country. And you’ve expanded your job prospects across another continent. ...
September 07, 2018
September 7, 2018. In 2015, the total worldwide gap in pension funding was $70 TRILLION according to the World Economic Forum. That is larger than the twenty largest economies in the world combined. ...
August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018. In a world full of reckless and extreme monetary policy, Japan no doubt takes the cake. ...
July 10, 2018
July 10, 2018. You’d think that every $1 borrowed would have generated at least $1 in economic output. ...
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018. 33% of Baby Boomers, the generation closest to retirement, have between $0 and $25,000 saved for retirement. ...
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018. An average of nearly $1.5 BILLION added to the national debt every single day… $62 million per hour… $1 million per minute… and more than $17,000 per SECOND. ...
May 26, 2018
Your life insurance company. Your pension fund. Your bank. The fixed-income mutual fund where you invested your retirement savings. ...
May 24, 2018
Wake up, stand up, and make your activism count for something more than politics. ...
May 22, 2018
And if you’re domiciled on the island, dividends that you pay to yourself are tax free… which means your effective tax rate on corporate and dividend income altogether is just 4%. ...
May 13, 2018
These financial crises are not hard to predict... unless you're a successful mainstream economist. ...
April 19, 2018
An analysis by investment firm Artemis Capital Management, in fact, argues that more than 40% of corporate earnings growth between 2009 and 2017 is due to share buybacks… not actual profit. ...
April 03, 2018
Not even a decade after these loans nearly brought down the entire global economy, SUBPRIME IS BACK. ...
April 03, 2018
Over the past four years, the company has lost $9 BILLION in negative free cash flow. ...
March 28, 2018
...the entire US national debt was around $300 billion when John F. Kennedy was President of the United States. Now they’re issuing that much debt in a single week ...
March 21, 2018
In prison, of course, they’re fed, clothed, housed, and even have their health care covered by the state. ...
March 20, 2018
In the span of a SINGLE DAY, from Thursday to Friday, the national debt grew by $73 BILLION. In a day. ...
February 28, 2018
What’s probably even more bizarre is that the US government actually owns about 70% of those student loans– a total of $1.06 trillion. ...
February 28, 2018
What’s even more alarming is that 2017 was a great year. ...
February 12, 2018
Less than two weeks ago, the United States Department of Treasury very quietly released its own internal projections for the federal government’s budget deficits over the next several years. ...
September 10, 2017
A chicken in every pot, and a unicorn in every garage. That's the progressive dream.
No, seriously, they are dreaming, and they must have smoked something crazy before bed. ...
August 17, 2017
It’s astonishing how little attention this issue receives considering it will end up being one of the biggest financial crises in US history. ...