Interesting. A portion of your taxpayer dollars will go towards studying the “recent history of French lesbian activism.” Huh? Yep. If you ever wonder where your money goes to then this is a part of it. According to The Washington Free Beacon, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced the recipients of the more than […]
Archives for March 2016
Report shows a quarter of Americans in their prime working years (25 to 54) are unemployed
The labor market is in great shape, according to the United States government and the Federal Reserve. The labor market may be great for those who are in secure, well-paying jobs, but not so much for those who have only been able to garner minimum wage jobs (SEE: Report: 78% of jobs added in February […]
Yikes: Hillary Clinton thinks the minimum wage doesn’t kill jobs
Last week, former Secretary of State and likely 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton espoused a number of economic fallacies in just 35 seconds. Delivering a campaign speech in Washington State, Clinton stated a handful of economic myths that the crowd ate up. A couple of them were the whole equal pay for equal work hot […]
Week in Review: Mar. 21 to Mar. 27
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: Will the ‘Ron Paul Rule’ haunt the Republican Party in its battle against Donald Trump? Goldman Sachs says Fed will have to raise interest rates four times in […]
Video: Milton Friedman on self-interest, personal gain
We all act in our day-to-day lives on self-interest. Whether you’re in the United States or China, a liberal or a conservative, everything you do on a daily basis is done on the idea of self-interest. The only difference is what’s the determination of self-interest. This is what legendary economist Milton Friedman talks about in […]