When discussing the minimum wage, the go-to opinion is that it will destroy jobs. But that’s not all it does. It slashes hours, it reduces benefits, it increases employees’ workload, and it even lowers workers’ overall take-home pay. There is something else that is usually omitted from the conversation (perhaps on accident): entry-level job growth. […]
Archives for July 2019
Michael Moore contradicts himself on Robert Mueller
In February 2018, this is what one of the biggest swindlers in Hollywood, Michael Moore, tweeted: “Don Jr—here’s what’s amazing. When Mueller takes you &your brother-in-law away in chains, &then he offers your dad this deal- “Resign the presidency now & we’ll let Don Jr & Jared go”- you’re going to find out what a […]
Financial media reveal their disdain for gold
By: Chris Powell At least the Financial Times now has come clean about its hostility to gold – as well as to free markets and elementary journalism. Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) friend Chris Kniel of Orinda, California, sent to the newspaper’s chief economic columnist, Martin Wolf, the excellent summary of gold and silver market […]
WATCH: A summary of the Robert Mueller hearing
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified in Congress on Wednesday. To say that it was a political stunt would be an understatement. It was obvious that the Democrats were trying to get a soundbite from Mueller to use during the 2020 election. There were only a couple of good moments. But if you didn’t have […]
Even with $5 million, Austrian economics still can’t get love at Mizzou
By: Andrew Moran As the great Rodney Dangerfield might say, the Austrian School of Economics don’t get no respect from academia. Heck, even when you pay a university millions of dollars to at least introduce a new class of students to the economic discipline, it still gets no love. That is exactly what allegedly happened at the […]