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Political Calculations (May 31, 2012)
Does the size of a country's national debt with respect to the size of its economy affect its economic growth prospects?
To find out, we created the following chart showing...
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Chris Poindexter (May 31, 2012)
The news yesterday isn’t so much that gold is up; in truth the gain was under a dollar, but that was up at all when most other commodities are taking a...
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Mike Shedlock (May 31, 2012)
The absurdity of the Greek "bailout" setup is in the news once again. The New York Times reports Athens No Longer Sees Most of Its Bailout Aid
In an elaborate payment...
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Jeff Carter (May 31, 2012)
Entrepreneurs solve pain points. On very rare occasions, there are chances for government to actively support entrepreneurship with physical structural support. Usually they...
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Dave Ramsey (May 31, 2012)
Dear Dave,
We’re on Baby Step 1 of your plan, and we have $1,000 saved. We have a baby, my husband brings home about $2,000 a month, and we have $50,000 in debt, the...
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Carrie Schwab Pomerantz (May 31, 2012)
Dear Carrie: I've been out of school for just under a year and have a nice steady job. I need a new car, but I don't know if I should buy or lease. I'm earning a decent...
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Daniel J. Mitchell (May 31, 2012)
In a post last week, I explained that Obama has been a big spender, but noted his profligacy is disguised because TARP outlays caused a spike in spending during Bush’s last...
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John Ransom (May 31, 2012)
In another blow to Obama’s reelection bid, consumer confidence, which has been low throughout Obama’s presidency, stumbled badly last month after economists initially...
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Night Watch (May 31, 2012)
Afghanistan: About 160 girls and four teachers from a girl's school were "poisoned" and had to be rushed to the hospital in the northern province of Takhar on 29 May. This is...
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Ralph Benko (May 30, 2012)
The 2012 presidential election is shaping up to include an argument over opportunity versus equality. The American economy has been stagnant for a decade. Income for...
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Bob Beauprez (May 30, 2012)
"While we have rescued our economy from catastrophe, we have also begun to build a new foundation for growth." -Barack Obama from the White House, August 7, 2009
In 2008,...
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Chris Poindexter (May 30, 2012)
The trading was underwhelming on the first day after the long holiday weekend, with gold drifting slightly higher in opposition to a stronger dollar. ...
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Charles Payne (May 30, 2012)
Hey Mama, is it true what they say,that Papa never worked a day in his life?And Mama, bad talk going around townsaying that Papa had three outside children and another...
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Jeff Carter (May 30, 2012)
Different markets have different kinds of trading. If you are a grain trader($ZC_F, $ZW_F, $ZS_F), you don’t miss the summer. It’s where all the action happens. If you trade,...
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George Friedman (May 30, 2012)
The Egyptian presidential election was held last week. No candidate received 50 percent of the vote, so a runoff will be held between the two leading candidates,...
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Paul Tracy (May 30, 2012)
It’s the largest cell phone provider in the world...
It has more customers than AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Sprint (NYSE: S) combined. In fact, with 650...
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Walter E. Williams (May 30, 2012)
Our nation is rapidly approaching a point from which there's little chance to avoid a financial collapse. The heart of our problem can be seen as a tragedy of the...
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John Ransom (May 30, 2012)
So Obama, like every good control freak, has this plan apparently.
Yeah. That’s the first thing that should make you wary.
It’s plan that you are probably familiar with....
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Political Calculations (May 30, 2012)
In case you're coming back from the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the U.S. with the question "Hey, are stock prices about where they should be right now?", we're happy to...
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Daniel J. Mitchell (May 30, 2012)
The fiscal nightmare in Europe should be all the proof that’s needed about the dangers of wasteful spending and punitive tax rates. Unfortunately, if his proposals for bigger...
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