After coming within mere hours of seeing ride sharing companies shut down their operations in California, the appeal against new legislation has now been sent to the people. The idea of having people work as independent contractors is far from a new one, and actually has been around for as long as people have been […]
A 60-basis point jump in inflation may not seem like much, just 6/10 of a percentage point, but we haven’t seen it grow this much in a month for 30 years. There isn’t anything that matters more to the U.S. Federal Reserve than inflation rates. The Fed certainly wants to steer us away from this […]
In spite of a very ugly second quarter GDP number, the U.S. economy is clearly moving in the right direction. We need to look ahead, not back, to see where we are headed from here. Casual observers may think that going through the worst quarter in history as far as GDP goes would tell us […]
It hopefully would strike us as absurd to decide never to re-open schools due to fears of communicable disease, but keeping them closed now is no less absurd. As we move closer toward what is normally back to school season, which drives a lot of additional shopping as parents purchase the multitude of things that […]
It just got a lot easier to understand how far apart the opposing stimulus views of the two parties are. Democrats want $3 trillion, while Republicans only want to spend a trillion. The first time around, back when the economy was placed in quarantine, it wasn’t so easy to get the Democrats and Republicans to […]
People working at home has provided the economy with a means to keep people working while distancing. Study at home does the opposite and shrinks employment. There haven’t been many benefits that have come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where our response continues to punish our economy with plenty more pain in store as we […]
Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has been promising to build back better. Better seems to include throwing a lot of money away on his pet projects. It is no secret that the Republican Party in the U.S. is known for its greater focus on economic prosperity overall, where the Democratic Party has other priorities. It […]
Capitalism has always been at the heart of America, and capitalist opportunity is what has defined the country the most. Current Democrats want to put the brakes on it. The American Revolution that was fought almost 250 years ago arose out of a thirst for the freedom to control our own destiny and to get […]
In spite of falling further and further behind in the polls, the betting action still gives Donald Trump a 40% chance of re-election. It’s much closer to zero in reality though. It would be reasonable to think that if you were running for re-election as President of the United States, Joe Biden might be your […]
Not so long ago, back when the world was flying, the grounding of the 737-MAX was the biggest issue that Boeing has ever faced. The plane may be back in service soon. Boeing’s 737-MAX used to be the biggest story in aviation since the 9/11 attacks. Aside from the residual paranoia that was felt among […]