- July 30, 2019
Financial Success Formula Failure
The US economy grew at a 2.1% annualized pace in the second quarter, according to data released last week. That was better than economists expected but hardly impressive.
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- July 23, 2019
RIP Economic Cooperation, 1944–2019
Last month, world leaders observed the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. It was a critical day in world history.
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- July 16, 2019
Free-Trade Republicans Will Surrender to Trump
Imagine an alternate history in which Donald Trump lost the 2016 election.
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- July 9, 2019
The Left-Behind Economy
Remember “No Child Left Behind,” George W. Bush’s education reform plan? Congress passed it in 2001.
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- July 2, 2019
Trump, ZIRP, and the Fed
Investors are in a buying mood despite many economic warning signs. Why?
For some, it’s because they expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and otherwise “stimulate” the economy. They believe (correctly) it would drive stock and real estate prices higher.
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