Free trade is essentially the freedom for individuals to buy and sell, import and export goods with individuals in other countries. It is the unstifled flow of economic activity across …
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The first two weeks of 2018 have seen the stock market continue to surge higher, seeing only one down day since January 1st. With consumer confidence near 17-year highs, many …
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With the GOP tax plan passed, giving most of America a nice tax cut, with the stock market continuing to soar to new heights, with President Trump creating a more …
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Following the rally in the precious metals market in 2016, the sentiment in the market was incredibly positive and excited, to the point of mania. People were calling for gold …
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Financial technology startups invading the life insurance domain – “insurtechs” – are poised to dramatically overhaul the way the industry sells life insurance products to consumers. According to a new …
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Large, entrenched businesses love to stifle competition by lobbying legislators and regulators to write laws and regulations that favor those larger businesses and corporations. Large, entrenched businesses love to stifle …
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One of the most damaging effects government intervention in an economy has is the corruption of the entrepreneurial instinct into one that engages in what’s known in political economy circles …
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The re-inflation of the US housing bubble is proceeding apace, thanks in no small part to the unprecedented level of previous support from the Federal Reserve. Zillow Research, a real …
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A new report from the Center for Economics and Business Research, a London-based consultancy, claims the economy of China will surpass that of the US as the world’s largest by …
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Although tax reform is now a done deal, or a fait accompli, depending on your perspective, that’s not keeping fans of tax-and-spend government from decrying what they characterize as “trickle-down” …