By: Russell Lamberti Many central banks around the world aim to achieve some “inflation target” either as a single explicit policy goal — as in the case of the South African Reserve Bank — or part of a set of policy goals as pursued by the US Federal Reserve. But far from maintaining economic stability […]
Archives for August 2016
5 random things for Friday (transgendered bathroom blackmail, oil is bull, does black success matter?)
News Story of the Day: so you have two of the worst candidates running for United States President, you have ISIS killing everyone, you have failing government schools and you have bureaucrats sucking the taxpayers dry, but apparently the biggest issue in the country is… a transgendered washroom? Oy vey. Target announced that it would […]
Jill Stein doing an excellent job taking down Hillary Clinton, U.S. foreign policy
The Green Party, whether it’s in Canada or the United States, is pretty good on foreign policy; it’s terrible on domestic and economic issues. The latest case of the Green Party being exceptional in the area of foreign policy is presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recent take downs of Hillary Clinton, the Iraq War and ISIS. […]
Unable to pay for soaring funeral costs, Americans donating their dead bodies to medical schools
In the United States, the funeral industry generates approximately $20 billion a year in revenues. For the typical American, the average funeral costs between $8,000 and $10,000, which includes the casket ($2,300), ceremony ($1,000), headstone ($2,000) and the list goes on. Now, let’s ask a simple question: who has this much money laying around for […]
Retirement Crisis: 20% of working-age Americans do NOT have a retirement savings account
If you want to know why many conservatives are completely against the government getting even more involved with your savings habits and your retirement then it’s perhaps because of this fact: Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a retirement savings account. According to a new survey by online financial advisory firm Personal Capital, […]