Ethics and the Decision to Walk Away
What should you give up in order to make your payments? Food, education, transportation, funds to live on in old age?
U.S. Economy
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The Transformation of the American Economy, 1865-1914
The Gilded Age, lasting from 1865 to World War I, was an era of economic growth never before seen in the history of the world. The standard of living of the modern age was born during this time of phenomenal transition. Lives lengthen. Wealth...
Where Is the US Stock Market Heading?
Why has the stock market declined despite a strengthening in the growth momentum of monetary liquidity?
Unhinged
This article originally ran on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. It was near the low of the last stock-market cycle.
Los Angeles, America’s Harbinger
What once was believed to be a city of destiny (paradise on earth) is being destroyed by government looting.
The Economics of US Healthcare
The US healthcare system is a complex leviathan of interdependent cartels rather than a free market.
Contra Conventional Measures of the Growth of Government
Transfer spending is the Godzilla that threatens to consume New York, Tokyo, Berlin, and nearly every other city on the planet.
Debtor Nation
No, the bill can't be paid and won't be paid. That much should be obvious. But denying the obvious is a mental trait built into the structure of the system. The economic crisis of 2008 was really just the realization that the consumer-debt load at the time was unsustainable.
Lower the Debt Ceiling
If Congress passed legislation that systematically reduced the debt ceiling over time, the economy could be rebuilt on a solid foundation.
