National Debt
-
•
One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed
Decades after Congress missed a golden opportunity, it’s time to get serious about controlling runaway federal debt.
-
•
We Have Never Been Austere
Austerity never means “spending less,” only growing a bit more slowly. That rhetorical dodge created a permanently expansionary state, in real, per-capita, and GDP-adjusted terms.
-
•
Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
-
•
A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
-
•
The Fed Cuts, but the Market Shrugs: Why Mortgage Rates Refuse to Fall
The Fed can lower the funds rate, but only Congress can rein in the spending that keeps long-term yields — and mortgage rates — stubbornly high.
-
•
Gold’s Acceleration Reveals Vanishing Calm, Coming Change
A “perfect storm” of inflation, debt, geopolitical tension, and investor doubt is propelling gold higher — and faster — than ever before.
-
•
Mission Creep: The Fed’s Foray Into State and Local Debt
The Fed’s scheme to offer credit to states and municipalities was fiscal policy in disguise, turning local mismanagement into a national problem.
-
•
Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself
“Reality will remain relentless,” Bayrou warned after his ouster. Taxing billionaires won’t come close to covering France’s deficit.
-
•
France’s Financial Misery Is a Bad Omen for Other Countries
Financial and debt crises aren’t so much solved as covered up by political actions aimed at alleviating market anxieties.
-
•
Social Security at 90: A Brief History of America’s Sacred Cow
Intended as a self-funding program for the truly desperate, Social Security’s reckless expansion now threatens its ability to deliver for those most in need.
-
•
One Vote Away: The Balanced-Budget Amendment That Almost Passed
Decades after Congress missed a golden opportunity, it’s time to get serious about controlling runaway federal debt.
-
•
We Have Never Been Austere
Austerity never means “spending less,” only growing a bit more slowly. That rhetorical dodge created a permanently expansionary state, in real, per-capita, and GDP-adjusted terms.
-
•
Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
-
•
A Government Shutdown Is Less Scary Than Dysfunction-As-Usual
Shutdowns get the spotlight, but the greater failure is Congress’s reliance on stopgap spending bills that cripple planning and invite waste.
-
•
The Fed Cuts, but the Market Shrugs: Why Mortgage Rates Refuse to Fall
The Fed can lower the funds rate, but only Congress can rein in the spending that keeps long-term yields — and mortgage rates — stubbornly high.
-
•
Gold’s Acceleration Reveals Vanishing Calm, Coming Change
A “perfect storm” of inflation, debt, geopolitical tension, and investor doubt is propelling gold higher — and faster — than ever before.
-
•
Mission Creep: The Fed’s Foray Into State and Local Debt
The Fed’s scheme to offer credit to states and municipalities was fiscal policy in disguise, turning local mismanagement into a national problem.
-
•
Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself
“Reality will remain relentless,” Bayrou warned after his ouster. Taxing billionaires won’t come close to covering France’s deficit.
-
•
France’s Financial Misery Is a Bad Omen for Other Countries
Financial and debt crises aren’t so much solved as covered up by political actions aimed at alleviating market anxieties.
-
•
Social Security at 90: A Brief History of America’s Sacred Cow
Intended as a self-funding program for the truly desperate, Social Security’s reckless expansion now threatens its ability to deliver for those most in need.