Dallas Fed’s Kaplan to retire Oct. 8
Within hours of Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren announcing his early retirement (for health reasons), Dallas Fed president Robert Kaplan announced he will be stepping down on Oct. 8. Both…
Fed’s Rosengren retires early for health reasons
With the Federal Reserve under pressure to tighten its ethics rules regarding how its officials trade stocks and other interest-rate sensitive instruments, one of the regional Fed governors who engaged…
Polis: ‘when you tax something you penalize it’
Even as congressional Democrats scrounge the countryside looking for things they may have forgotten to tax, there are a handful of Democrats who aren’t so keen on taxes…and may actually…
The solution isn’t degrowth – it’s more growth for more people
The degrowth movement that believes the only way to save the planet from a climate catastrophe is through a smaller economic footprint is getting more notice since the U.N’s latest…
Time to end the solar panel tariffs
One sign of an industry nearing maturity is its growing desire for government help, be it in the form of subsidies to plug the holes in its balance sheet, or…
Tennessee’s plan to use tax dollars to pay for tourists’ airfares
One revenue source state and local governments crave more than others are the dollars that come from tourists. Visitors don’t demand many services like police, fire, or schools, and usually…
Sending big government after big tech is a big mistake
The New York Senate has passed legislation that would make it easier for individuals to sue big tech companies for behaving like monopolies. It’s part of a larger, bipartisan, national…
Democrats Seek to Make More Generous Unemployment Benefits Permanent
Some Democratic members of Congress are pushing the White House to make unemployment benefits more generous, paying higher weekly stipends and lasting up to six months. The Wall Street Journal…
Stagflation Could be on the U.S. Economic Horizon
Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell made it clear there will be no change in monetary policy for the foreseeable future. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Powell wrote that…
Inflation About to Roar Back to Life?
The U.S. Federal Reserve is dismissing concerns that its policy of holding interest rates at or near zero for the foreseeable future will inevitably lead to the return of inflation….
