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 […]
The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that the cost of the coronavirus lockdown will be $7.9 trillion. We’re now debating how these costs will be borne. The economic crisis of 2020 is certainly a unique situation, and certainly deserves unique attention. We’re still guessing at what the total bill from this will end up coming […]
There is a movement afoot to coerce social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to censure content that they consider hate speech. This is very disturbing. Freedom of speech is essentially the real benchmark that measures how free a society is. This freedom is a more important principle of a free and democratic society […]
Calls for reparations to be paid to black residents of the U.S. have been going on for a while. Their voices have become a lot louder now, even though the substance remains incredible. There is no question that black people in America have gotten a very raw deal for a very long time, starting from […]
We are getting a real lesson in how economic downturns disproportionately effect those less well-off economically. We need to be very careful not to make this worse on purpose. It should not surprise us to learn that the current economic downturn caused by locking down our economy to attempt the slow the spread of COVID-19 […]
In the aftermath of the civil unrest that accompanied the recession of 2008, Ray Dalio has been predicting something much bigger coming with the next one, and he was right. Just about no one saw this coming, the extent of the unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hand of […]
The United States has been embroiled in racial inequality for 400 years now. We’ve made at least some progress to be sure, but it’s very clear that more needs to be done. The human race has made incredible progress on the technological side of things, and when we look at these achievements, we would think […]