Billions of dollars in federal regulations have been added this year, says a new study. According to the American Action Forum, $115.5 billion in regulatory costs and 132.2 million paperwork hours have been added this year. And this amounts to more than $500 per capita regulatory burden. Many of these regulations address electronic visas, mortgages […]
Archives for October 2016
WikiLeaks: 63 MSM reporters met or coordinated with Hillary Clinton campaign advisers in 2015
Is objectivity in journalism dead? When mainstream media reporters are meeting and/or coordinating offline with a particular presidential campaign then you can definitively say yes. Up to this, according to the tens of thousands of leaked documents, a minimum of 63 mainstream media journalists and anchors met with or coordinated with the advisers from the […]
6 things to consider about inflation
By: Emile Woolf As an economic term, “inflation” is shorthand for “inflation of the money supply.” The general public, however, usually takes it to mean “rising prices” which is not surprising since one of the common effects of an increase in the money supply is higher prices. However, supporters of government policy often say, “If […]
Week in Review: Oct. 17 to Oct. 23
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: Scary Study: U.S. millennials rejecting capitalism in favor of socialism, communism Is there a ‘Shadow Government’ in the U.S.? WikiLeaks: 4 takeaways from Hillary Clinton’s speeches to Wall […]
MUST WATCH: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s presidential debate lies
The final United States presidential debate has come and gone, and now it’s just days until millions of Americans cast a ballot for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, Deez Nuts and dozens of other presidential candidates. The media claim Clinton was victorious, while Trump says he was the victor. But what was […]