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: Shock: Pope Francis celebrates business, rails against welfare Cronyism: The Eye-Care Industry Wants Big Government to Crush the Competition Fail: WaPo food critic says white chefs can only […]
Archives for June 2017
Outrage! Robert Wenzel NOT on top 100 most influential libertarians list
Newsmax and FreedomFest published its 100 Most Influential Libertarians list on Thursday. Suffice to say, the results are a mixed bag. The likes of Ron Paul, Thomas Sowell, Lew Rockwell, Tom Woods and Andrew Napolitano made the list (yay!). But some other questionable names also made the list, such as the Koch brothers, Steve Forbes, […]
Jennifer Rubin flip flops over #ParisAgreement because of Trump
It seems like more and more people, particularly on the left, are tossing away their principles, positions and policies just because of President Donald Trump. Case in point, columnist Jennifer Rubin. Prior to the age of Trump, Rubin slammed the Paris Agreement in a tweet, arguing in December 2015: “The Paris deal shows the fantasy […]
608k Americans left labor force in May – nearly 95 million people not working
Has the United States economy lost its momentum? The national unemployment rate declined to a 16-year low of 4.3 percent, leaving many analysts dismayed. The latest figures suggest that the labor market has lost some of its momentum. The question is now: can the Federal Reserve keep the boom going? One interesting statistic that has […]
The Cultural Consequences of the Federal Reserve
By: Jörg Guido Hülsmann It may seem unusual that an economist would talk about culture. Usually, we talk about prices and production, quantities produced, employment, the structure of production, scarce resources, and entrepreneurship. But there are certain things that economists can say about the culture, and more precisely, that economists can say about the transformation of the […]