After his victories in Michigan, Hawaii and Mississippi on Tuesday night, Donald Trump held a press conference. He was asked about the attack ads made against him by the GOP establishment – 70 percent of the political ads in the last week have been directed towards Trump – which highlight is foul language. When he […]
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It’s International Women’s Day! The gender pay gap myth continues
If you have avoided social media, television news or the radio then you may not be aware that today is International Women’s Day. It’s the day when the often purported myth of gender pay inequity is repeated over and over again. Although this whole 77-cent myth has been dispelled by many economists and pundits over […]
Bernie Sanders vs. Ron Paul: There’s No Comparison
By: Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Super Tuesday may have been the beginning of the end for the Bernie Sanders campaign, but the ideas that propelled it are likely to linger for quite some time. With some writers comparing Bernie to Ron Paul (not in terms of economics and philosophy, of course, but as insurgent candidates), […]
Why is Bernie Sanders blaming Detroit bankruptcy on capitalist corporations?
Detroit is a hellhole right now. Thanks to greedy, corrupt and inept politicians and unions, the city of Detroit, the once bastion of the middle class, is now the epicenter of how government can destroy a city. During a recent Democratic debate, 2016 presidential candidate and socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was asked about the […]
New report warns of rising delinquency rates amid growing consumer debt levels
Americans are deeper in debt than ever before. Despite hopes that the economic collapse a few years ago would encourage consumers to start saving their pennies and begin to spend less, the opposite has happened: spending more, saving less. A new report from CardHub finds that consumers racked up a significant amount of debt during […]