Tag: Business Columnists

Covid Hysteria Degrades Public Discourse

“Our public health agencies—together with their cronies in mainstream media, Big Pharma, and Big Tech—have been conspiring for almost two years to keep you very afraid … “One way they have been keeping you scared is by vastly inflating the number of deaths that are actually attributed to the virus. “It’s a story you won’t…


China, Goldman Sachs, and Genocide Denial

News Analysis Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s most successful banks, has apparently found legal loopholes so its clients can secretly fund genocide denial. It’s despicable, but the big bucks in Manhattan high-rises don’t come free of guilt. There’s blood on those white shoe firms. As Uyghurs see their population dwindle in China through concentration…


Did I Predict the Global Financial Crisis?

Commentary The 2008 recession, known as the “Global Financial Crisis” (“GFC”) outside the USA and the “Great Recession” inside, was the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, and before the COVID-19 recession. It was also caused by the financial sector—which is obviously a part of the economy—rather than by an “exogenous shock” (something emanating…


New Energy Regulations Will Make Every Room in Your House More Expensive

Commentary The Biden administration moves to make appliances more expensive and less effective. How to Make Every Room in Your House More Expensive Ben Lieberman, a former staff member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has an interesting Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal on Biden’s regulatory overreach. Please consider a Regulatory Burden for Every Room…


Biden’s Worst Nightmare Is Your Investment Opportunity

Commentary “How bad do you think it’s gonna be?” “Pretty [expletive] bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That’s all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood.” That was Michael Corleone asking Peter Clemenza how bad the fallout…


A Whole New Kind of Inflation Is Coming to Town

Commentary The Bureau of Labor Statistics, keepers of all that is sacred where employment and price data are concerned, just announced that inflation in December reached 7 percent. That’s three consecutive months above 6 percent. And eight consecutive months above 5 percent. Are we seeing a pattern yet? We haven’t seen the Fed’s target rate…


The Question of Bitcoin

Commentary Talk of Bitcoin’s triumph is premature to say the least. Bitcoin and its cryptocurrency cousins seem always in the headlines. Sometimes the interest is simply because the price has skyrocketed. Sometimes the headlines chronicle a sudden price crash. Either way, there is interest. And sometimes the story under the headline talks of how Bitcoin…


A Scaled-Down ‘Build Back Better’ Would Wreck Neighborhood Child Care

Commentary One of the takeaways of President Joe Biden’s marathon press conference on Jan. 19 was his declaration that “I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law, signed into law.” One possible big chunk is some version of the bill’s $270 billion-plus new federal child care program. Sen. Joe…


Biden Waging War on Business to Fight Inflation

Commentary Big Meat, Big Oil, and Big Business are conspiring against consumers and raising prices for food and energy. This is the message that President Joe Biden, his administration, and prominent Democrats are sending to the American people as they attempt to scapegoat the private sector for price inflation surging to its highest level since June 1982….


China Easing Monetary Policy as Economic Realities Set In

Commentary In the face of mounting economic troubles, Beijing finally blinked. As the country enters a key month of Chinese New Year, Winter Olympic games, while faced with an economic slowdown, persistent consumption and property sector issues, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) decided to bite the bullet and interest rates to spur growth. The People’s…