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Hillary’s Trading
A must read, food-for-thought from National Review: Herd Instincts Is Hillary Clinton a better commodities trader than George Soros, or did she just get really, really lucky? Both explanations leave something to be desired. By Caroline Baum & Victor Niederhoffer —...
DNC Chair Resigns in Disgrace, Goes to Work for Hillary
After the embarrassing Democratic National Committee (DNC) Wikileaks dump, Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned earlier today from her position as Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Wasting no time, Hillary Clinton immediately brought Debbie onto her campaign in...
This Bureaucrat Is Wrong About the Federal Debt
I just read a recent Letter to the Editor in the Wall Street Journal from a Francis X. Cavanaugh, “founding chief executive of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.” I guess his title allows him the ability to be an ignorant elitist, mocking the alarm of the...
An Open Letter to Speaker Ryan About Puerto Rico
Dear Speaker Ryan, I write to you today to ask about why the Jones Act amendment proposed by Rep. Gary Palmer and the reasonable minimum wage exceptions were left out of the Puerto Rican assistance act (PROMESA). If the purpose of the fiscal rescue bill was to aid the...
Boudreaux: The Inefficiency of Rent Control
Don Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek does a nice piece a few weeks ago, outlining the inefficiency of rent control. As his comments on the subject were part of a larger discussion, I have summarized his points below. If you want to go back to the original, you can go...
To Greg Ip, “Economist”: It’s the Government, Stupid!
Here’s another ridiculous article by “economist” Grep Ip, wondering aloud once again why the economy isn’t doing any better. ("Why Aren't Low Rates Working? Blame Dividends!" WSJ, June 5). Either he’s truly incompetent as an economist not to see the detrimental...