This should be a fascinating debate: The Libertarian Blogging Extraordinaire vs. The Economic Machine. Or, as you better know them, Robert Wenzel and Walter Block. The two great minds will be debating in Oakland on September 28 at 6:30 p.m. Can’t attend? It will be live-streamed on Target Liberty. You can learn more by the […]
Archives for August 2019
Trump demands the Fed to cut interest rates three more times
The White House has suggested that a 50-basis-point cut to interest rates would suffice. Therefore, the quarter-point reduction was never going to be enough. President Donald Trump essentially admitted this in another series of tweets on Wednesday morning. Trump demanded three more rate cuts by the Fed, arguing: “Our problem is not China – We […]
NO PLEASING SPARTACUS: Cory Booker unhappy Trump condemns white supremacy
In March 2019, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) demanded that President Donald Trump condemn white supremacy. Following the weekend’s deadly attacks, President Trump condemned white supremacy. Well, that is still not making the 2020 presidential candidate happy at all. Put simply, Booker wanted Trump to condemn white supremacy, which he has repeatedly over the years, and […]
Hate the political pandering in 2020 election? Blame yourself
By: Andrew Moran Did you feel a slight tug in your pockets the other night? No, it was not a dark psychic force that infiltrated your fortress of solitude. Instead, it was the taxes that will come out of your wallet to cover the billions and trillions of dollars in promises recently made by the […]
Yuan stabilizes as Trump calls China a ‘currency manipulator’
President Donald Trump is slick. He got the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, giving him a stimulus tool to keep the economy going heading into an election year. He then used this leeway to slap new tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports, applying pressure on the world’s second-largest economy and sending the yuan […]