One of the most dreaded consequences of the massive, open-ended QE that has been unleashed by the Fed is that of unbridled inflation. Analysts fear that a result of the huge money printing exercise by the FED could be an overflow of the extra money into the main economy resulting in price increases all around […]
Archives for September 2012
Report finds America’s entrepreneurial beast on the decline
The Hudson Institute, an economic policy research organization, published a study earlier this month titled “The Collapse of Startups in Job Creation,” which analyzes the decline of entrepreneurship and employment opportunities in those startup companies in the United States during the past 30 years. Tim Kane, Hudson Chief Economic and founder of the social networking […]
Canadian Finance Minister urges corporations to invest ‘dead money’ into economy
This summer, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney accused Canadian corporations of sitting on $526 billion worth of “dead money.” Carney as well as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said at the time that the companies should either give the money back to shareholders through dividends or apply cash stockpiles to work. Earlier this month, after […]
Are Mitt Romney’s charitable contributions or tax rates more important?
Since former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee, a portion of the presidential campaign has focused on whether or not the two-time presidential candidate will release 12 years worth of tax returns like his father, former Michigan Governor George Romney, did. On Friday afternoon, via the Official Mitt Romney blog, details on […]
United States Slips to 18 in 2012 Annual Report of Economic Freedom
The Canadian think tank Fraser Institute publishes an annual report assessing economic freedom throughout the world. The Institute released its latest 2012 report last week. This annual survey is born out of a 25 year project that addresses the linkages between economic freedom and other variables, and was initiated by the renowned economist Milton Friedman. […]